Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project

Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Majhiyan and Ankorha villages in Nabinagar taluk in Aurangabad district, Bihar.It was conceptualised in 1989 by the then Chief Minister of Bihar S N Sinha who sent the [1] proposal to set up a NTPC's super thermal power project at Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district to then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi; but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it. In 2007, Manmohan Singh's[2] government finally put a stamp of approval on it. power plant is owned by the Nabinagar Power Generating Company a 50:50 joint venture between NTPC Limited and Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited.[3] The Nabinagar plant will have capacity of 1980 MW( 660MW X 3).[4]

Capacity

The planned capacity of the power plant in 1980 MW (3x660 MW).

Stage Unit Number Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
1st 1 660 Under construction
1st 2 660 Under construction
1st 3 660 Under construction

Future expansion

There is a plan to add three units of 660 MW each at the site in future.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "S N Sinha's brainchild NTPC project gets approval". Hindustan Times. India. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  2. ↑ "PM DR MANMOHAN SINGH APPROVES NTPC PROJECT IN BIHAR PROMISED BY THEN CM SN SINHA". Hindustan Times. India. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  3. ↑ http://energy.bih.nic.in/docs/Schemes-Nabinagar-STPP.pdf
  4. ↑ "Land acquisition a major hurdle".

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