Obra Thermal Power Station

Obra Thermal Power Station, Obra is located in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 13 km (8.1 mi) from Chopan Railway Station and about 125 km (78 mi) from Varanasi. The power plant holds the distinction of being the first 200 MW unit of India. It is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited

Operations

There are thirteen functioning units, all of which are coal-fired thermal power stations. The machinery for most of the units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The last unit of 200 MW was commissioned in 1982.

Capacity

Obra Thermal Power Station has a generating capacity of 1288 MW and an auxiliary bus charged from 3*33 mW hydro power plant. Constructions have been underway to add two units of 660 MW each to the power plant.[1]

Stage Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
1 50 1967 August Deleted since 2017 [2]
2 50 1968 March Deleted
3 50 1968 October Deleted
4 50 1969 July Deleted
5 50 1971 July Deleted
6 100 1973 October Deleted
7 100 1974 December Deleted
8 100 1976 January Deleted
9 200 1980 March Running
10 200 1979 March Running
11 200 1978 March Running
12 200 1981 May Running
13 200 1982 July Running
14 660 under construction [3]
15 660 under construction
16 800 2023 Proposed
17 800 2023 Proposed

References

  1. ^ "States of India".
  2. ^ "Uprvunl". Archived from the original on 30 October 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, Government of Uttar Pradesh, India. / On Going Projects".

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