Koradi Thermal Power Station
| Koradi Thermal Power Station | |
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 Location of Koradi Thermal Power Station
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| Country | India |
| Location | Koradi near Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Coordinates | 21°14′56″N 79°5′56″E / 21.24889°N 79.09889°ECoordinates: 21°14′56″N 79°5′56″E / 21.24889°N 79.09889°E |
| Commission date | 6 June 1974 |
| Owner(s) | Mahagenco |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Type | Closed cycle with cooling tower. |
| Cooling source | Balancing Tank |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | Zamech ELBLAG, Poland and BHEL manufactured |
| Nameplate capacity | 2400 MW |
| Source: Mahagenco | |
Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) is located at Koradi near Nagpur, Maharashtra. The power plant is one of the four major power plants in Vidarbha – a power surplus region of India. The power station began operations in 1974 and is one of the nine active power stations operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (Mahagenco), a subsidiary of Government of Maharashtra owned Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB). The plant operates 8 units and has a total power generation capacity of 1700 MW. A proposed 440 kilovolt high power transmission line from Koradi to Bhusawal would join Nagpur with Mumbai. KTPS campus also contains training institute of MahaGenco for middle and senior level engineers, technicians and other staff.
KTPS is located on the northern side of Nagpur and is spread across an area of 30,337 km2. Coal for KTPS comes from various nearby collieries of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) located at Silewara, Pipla, Patansavangi, Kamptee, Inder, Walni, Gondegaon and Saoner. These are at an average distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. The plant approximately requires 16,000 to 17,000 tonnes of coal per day.
The water for KTPS comes from water reservoir of nearby Totaladoh hydroelectric power station. Also, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) provides treated water from its sewerage treatment plant. According to MSEB, the average unit cost of power generation at KTPS is 6.28 paise/kWh at 70 percent load factor while it is 13.52 paise/kWh at 25 percent load factor. The average cost for transmitting this power to Mumbai is 1.26 paise/kWh.
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