Barh Super Thermal Power Station
| Barh Super Thermal Power Station | |
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As seen from NH 30
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 Location of the Barh Super Thermal Power Station
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| Country | India |
| Location | Barh, Bihar |
| Coordinates | 25°29′11.4″N 85°44′42.6″E / 25.486500°N 85.745167°ECoordinates: 25°29′11.4″N 85°44′42.6″E / 25.486500°N 85.745167°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1999 |
| Commission date | October 2013 |
| Owner(s) | NTPC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 5 X 660 MW |
| Make and model |
Technopromexport (TPE) BHEL |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,300 MW |
Barh Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Barh is located in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar. NTPC Barh is located barely four kilometres east of the Barh sub-division on National Highway-31 in Patna district. The project has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company National Thermal Power Corporation.
The 1,980MW (3x660 MW) Barh Stage-1 is being built by Russian firm Technopromexport (TPE), and 1,320MW (2x660 MW) Barh Stage-2 extension is being built by BHEL.
Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh(26% from stage 1 and 50% from stage 2).
The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of 1,186 acres.The legal possession of 1,186 acres of land has been acquired for setting up the main power plant and its township which includes 12 villages.
The then PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had laid the foundation stone of the main plant of stage-1 of NTPC Barh on March 6, 1999. The formal inauguration of its site office and laying of the foundation stone of the training centre at the plant site was done in September 2003. Former Union power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had inaugurated the main plant house of stage-2 of NTPC Barh on May 29, 2006.
The plant is to produce 3,300MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore. The total approved cost of stage-1 (660MWx3) has Rs 8,692.97 crore. The total approved cost of stage-2 (unit 1) plant is Rs 7,688.12 crore.
Unit-1 of stage-2 commissioned in November 2013. Sikkim and West Bengal were allocated some share of power from NTPC Barh units.
Inland Waterways Authority of India received bids in 2013 September for coal movement on 1620 km National Waterway 1 (India) from Haldia to NTPC's Barh which is about 1000 km away.
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