Harduaganj power station

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Harduaganj power station is an operating power station of at least 1270-megawatts (MW) in Jawan Vajidpur, Koil, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Harduaganj power station	Jawan Vajidpur, Koil, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India	28.0175, 78.13 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 10, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 7, Unit 8, Unit 9: 28.0175, 78.13

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	retired	coal - bituminous	50	subcritical	1968	2001
Unit 10	operating	coal - unknown	660	supercritical	2022	–
Unit 3	retired	coal - bituminous	60	subcritical	1972	2000
Unit 4	retired	coal - bituminous	60	subcritical	1972	2007
Unit 5	retired	coal - bituminous	60	subcritical	1977	2017
Unit 7	operating	coal - bituminous	110	subcritical	1978	–
Unit 8	operating	coal - bituminous	250	subcritical	2011	–
Unit 9	operating	coal - bituminous	250	subcritical	2012	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 10	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 3	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 4	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 5	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 7	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 8	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]
Unit 9	Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Permit(s): May 21, 2007 – Environmental Clearance, May 12, 2015 – Environmental Clearance; Terms of Reference: 2010-03-12

Background

The power station consists of the following units:

• Unit 1: 50 MW - 1968 (decommissioned 2001)
• Unit 2: 50 MW - 1969 (decommissioned 1991)
• Unit 3: 60 MW - 1972 (decommissioned 2000)
• Unit 4: 60 MW - 1972 (decommissioned 2007)
• Unit 5: 60 MW - 1977 (retired in 2017)
• Unit 6: 60 MW - 1977 (decommissioned 1995)
• Unit 7: 110 MW - 1978
• Unit 8: 250 MW - 2011
• Unit 9: 250 MW - 2012
• Unit 10: 660 MW - 2021

Units 8 and 9 (Stage II)

Units 8 and 9 (500 MW): Two 250 MW units, referred to as Harduaganj TPS Extn (Stage II), were commissioned in September 2011 and May 2012 respectively.

Unit 10 expansion (Stage III)

660 MW expansion: An additional expansion has been proposed to add a 660 MW supercritical unit. In July 2014 it was reported that bidding had been initiated for the project, and that Thoshiba, Mitsubishi, Alstom and Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited had submitted. According to Karman Rizvi, chairman of UPRVUNL, "The lowest will be chosen in the month of August.... The state government has already got coal linkage for Harduaganj power plant. Coal will be procured from the Chandipara coal block in Odisha."

The 660 MW unit received environmental clearance on May 12, 2015.

In July 2015, it was reported that the new 660 MW unit would be constructed by Toshiba of Japan, with work likely to start by the end of the month. According to Toshiba, the unit will be ultra-supercritical, at a cost of US$540 million.

Construction began in 2016. The unit was planned for completion in 2020, later pushed to 2021.

As of November 2021, the government was expecting the unit by December 2021 or January 2022. On Twitter, the Uttar Pradesh Index tweeted the unit was commissioned on January 4, 2022.

Environmental impact

A November 2023 report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) argued that the ongoing air pollution crisis in the New Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) had been made worse by the failure of nine out of 11 coal plants in the region to comply with air pollution standards. Harduaganj power station reportedly exceeded standards for particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and sulphur dioxide (SO2) during at least part of the 17-month reporting period from April 2022 to August 2023. After repeatedly postponing emissions compliance deadlines, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change set the power station's PM and NOx compliance deadline for 2024 and its SO2 compliance deadline for 2026.

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