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| Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station | |
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 Location of the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station | |
| Official name | NTPC Vindhyachal |
| Country | India |
| Location | Waidhan, Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 24°5′50″N 82°40′25″E / 24.09722°N 82.67361°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1982 |
| Commission date | 1987 (Stage I) to 2015 (Stage V) |
| Owner | NTPC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 6 × 210 MW 7 × 500 MW |
| Make and model | LMZ Electrosila BHEL |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,760 MW |
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW.[1] The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station.[2] The power plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh.[3]
The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.[1]
- ^ a b "NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Vindhyachal Coal based power station". NTPC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Grant, Don; Zelinka, David; Mitova, Stefania (2021). "Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants". Environmental Research Letters. 16 (9): 094022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1. ISSN 1748-9326.