Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

24°06′19″N 82°42′23″E / 24.105168°N 82.706384°E / 24.105168; 82.706384StatusOperationalCommission date1986Owner(s)NTPCThermal power station Primary fuelCoalPower generation Units operationalStage - I: 5 × 200 MW
Stage -II: 2 × 500 MW
Solar PV: 15 MWNameplate capacity2,015 MWExternal linksWebsitewww.ntpc.co.in

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC.^[2][3] It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reservoir. The states benefitting from this power plant are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir. An investment worth ₹11,907 million (US$150 million) has already been cleared. It even gets international assistance from IDA.^[4][5]

ON 31 December 2014, a 15 MW solar PV was commissioned at NTPC SIngrauli.^[6][7] An 8 MW small hydro CW discharge plant has been constructed on discharge canal.^[8]

Capacity

Coal based

The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
1st	1	200	1982 November
1st	2	200	1982 November
1st	3	200	1983 March
1st	4	200	1983 November
1st	5	200	1984 February
2nd	6	500	1986 December
2nd	7	500	1987 November
Total	Seven	2000

Renewable energy

Type	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
Solar PV	15	2014 December
CW Discharge	8	2018 March
Total	23

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