Vizag Steel Plant power station
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Vizag Steel Plant power station is an operating power station of at least 435-megawatts (MW) in Vizag Steel plant, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Vizag Steel Plant power station | Vizag Steel plant, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India | 17.606547, 83.196713 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7: 17.606547, 83.196713
- Unit 1: 17.61285, 83.19192
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | operating[1] | blast furnace gas[1] | 120[1] | not found | – | 2015[2] | – |
| Unit 3 | operating | coal - unknown | 60 | subcritical | – | 1989 | – |
| Unit 4 | operating | coal - unknown | 60 | subcritical | – | 1989 | – |
| Unit 5 | operating | coal - unknown | 60 | subcritical | – | 1990 | – |
| Unit 6 | operating | coal - unknown | 67.5 | subcritical | – | 1996 | – |
| Unit 7 | operating | coal - unknown | 67.5 | subcritical | – | 2009 | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL)[1] | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 4 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 5 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 6 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) [100.0%] | – |
| Unit 7 | Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) [100.0%] | – |
Project-level captive use details
- Captive industry use (heat or power): iron & steel
- Captive industry: Power
Background
The power plant has three Turbo Generators of 60 MW each (180 MW total) capacity and two Turbo generators of 67.5 each (135MW total) for a total captive coal-fired power generation capacity of 315 MW. The units were commissioned from 1989 to 2009. In 2015, RINL added 120 MW of gas-fired capacity, fueled by blast furnace gas and coke oven gas.[3] The plant fuels the Vizag steel plant, which has a production capacity of 7.3 million tonnes per annum.[4][5]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://www.vizagsteel.com/code/press/pressrelfiles/635Captive%20Power%20Plant%202%20Release.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160705094456/http://www.vizagsteel.com:80/code/press/pressrelfiles/902New%20Captive%20Power%20Plant%20of%20VSP.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 05 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "RINL builds “120 MW Pollution free Captive Power Plant," RINL, 31.03.2015
- ↑ Infrastructure, Vizag Steel, Retrieved on: May 19, 2020
- ↑ Vizag Steel, Vizag Steel, Retrieved on: May 19, 2020
Additional data
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