- Durgapur Thermal Power Station
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Durgapur
Thermal Power StationLocation of Durgapur
Thermal Power StationCountry India Location Durgapur, Burdwan, West Bengal Coordinates 23°31′52″N 87°15′01″E / 23.53111°N 87.25028°ECoordinates: 23°31′52″N 87°15′01″E / 23.53111°N 87.25028°E Status Operational Commission date 1966 Owner(s) DVC Power station information Primary fuel coal-fired Generation units 350.00 MW Website
http://www.dvcindia.org/Durgapur Thermal Power Station B is located near Waria Railway Station, 5 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC
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Power plant
Durgapur Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 350 MW. The First and second units of 75MW each were decommissioned in 1985.[1].
Installed capacity
Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Comisioning Status First 1 75 NA Closed First 2 75 NA Closed First 3 140 December, 1966 Running Second 4 210 September, 1982 Running See also
- Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
- Bokaro Thermal Power Station B
- Mejia Thermal Power Station
References
- ^ "Durgapur Thermal Power Station". Damodar Valley Corporation.. http://www.dvcindia.org/Durgapur.htm.
Electricity generation Concepts Availability factor · Baseload · Black start · Capacity factor · Demand factor · Demand management · EROEI · Grid storage · Intermittency · Load following · Nameplate capacity · Peak demand · Repowering · Spark spreadSources Technology Distribution Policies Carbon offset · Coal phase out · Ecotax · Energy subsidies · Feed-in tariff · Net metering · Pigovian tax · Renewable Energy Certificates · Renewable energy payments · Renewable energy policyCategories: Electric power distribution · Electricity economics · Power station technology · Portals: Energy · Sustainable development Power stations & organizations of West Bengal Power Plants Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station • Bandel Thermal Power Station • Durgapur Thermal Power Station • Farakka Super Thermal Power Station • Kolaghat Thermal Power Station • Mejia Thermal Power Station • Sagardighi Thermal Power Station • Santaldih Thermal Power StationOrganizations CESC Limited • Damodar Valley Corporation • National Thermal Power Corporation • West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited • West Bengal State Electricity Board • West Bengal State Electricity Transmission CompanyBardhaman district topics General Bardhaman Raj • Bargi • Bhadu • Burdwan (Zamindari) • Burnpur Airport • Dharmathakur • Durgapur Barrage • Durgapur Steel Plant • Durgapur Thermal Power Station • Gajan • Guskhara Airfield • IISCO • Nehru Park, Burnpur • Panagarh Airport • Pandaveswar Airfield • Pandu Rajar Dhibi • Raniganj Coalfield • Sainbari incidentSubdivisions Territories Locations
other than cities and townsBarakar • Churulia • Dihika • Dishergarh • Dwariapur • Masagram • Monteswar • Nabagram • Nadanghat • Neamatpur • Palsit • Purbasthali • Ramnagar, Kulti • Randiha • Saktigarh • Sitarampur • WariaMunicipal corporations and municipalities Community development blocks Asansol subdivision Barabani • Jamuria • Raniganj • Salanpur Durgapur subdivision Andal • Faridpur-Durgapur • Galsi I • Kanksa • Pandabeswar Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision Ausgram I • Ausgram II • Bhatar • Burdwan I • Burdwan II • Galsi II Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision Khandaghosh • Raina I • Raina II • Jamalpur • Memari I • Memari II Kalna subdivision Kalna I • Kalna II • Manteswar • Purbasthali I • Purbasthali II Katwa subdivision Katwa I • Katwa II • Ketugram I • Ketugram II • MongalkoteRivers Transport NH 2 • Panagarh–Morgram Highway • Grand Trunk Road • NH 60 • Howrah-Delhi main line • Sahibganj Loop • Grand Chord • Howrah-Bardhaman Main Line • Howrah-Bardhaman Chord • East Indian Railway Company • Eastern Railway • Kolkata Suburban Railway • Bankura Damodar Railway • Ahmedpur Katwa Railway • Burdwan Katwa RailwayRailway stations Asansol Junction • Khana JunctionInstitutes of higher learning Religion Ghaghar Burhi • Kalyaneshwari TempleLok Sabha constituencies Asansol • Bardhaman-Durgapur • Bardhaman Purba (SC) • Bardhaman – now defunct • Durgapur – now defunct • Katwa - now defunct • Bolpur (SC) - partly • Bishnupur (SC) - partlyVidhan Sabha constituencies Kulti • Barabani • Asansol Uttar • Asansol Dakshin • Raniganj • Jamuria • Pandaveswar • Ketugram • Mangalkot • Ausgram (SC) • Durgapur Purba • Durgapur Paschim • Galsi (SC) • Bhatar • Monteswar • Bardhaman Dakshin • Bardhaman Uttar (SC) • Raina (SC) • Jamalpur (SC) • Khandaghosh (SC) • Kalna (SC) • Memari • Purbasthali Dakshin • Purbasthali Uttar • KatwaFormer Vidhan Sabha constituencies See also Cities and towns in Bardhaman district • People from Bardhaman district • Villages in Bardhaman district • Damodar ValleyOther districts in West Bengal Bankura • Birbhum • Cooch Behar • Dakshin Dinajpur • Darjeeling • Hooghly · Howrah • Jalpaiguri • Kolkata • Malda • Murshidabad • Nadia • North 24 Parganas • Paschim Medinipur • Purba Medinipur • Purulia • South 24 Parganas • Uttar DinajpurSurrounding areas outside West Bengal Jharkhand Cities and towns in Santhal Parganas • Santhal Pargana division topics • Cities and towns in North Chotanagpur Division • North Chotanagpur division topicsDamodar Basin Rivers Dams, barrages Geographical features Riparian districts Palamu • Hazaribagh • Koderma • Giridih • Ramgarh • Bokaro • Dhanbad • Purulia • Bardhaman • Bankura • Hooghly • Howrah • Paschim Medinipur • Purba MedinipurLanguages Coalfields South Karanpura Coalfield • North Karanpura Coalfield • Ramgarh Coalfield • West Bokaro Coalfield • East Bokaro Coalfield • Raniganj CoalfieldIndustries Bokaro Steel Plant • IISCO • Durgapur Steel Plant • Bokaro Thermal Power Station B • Santaldih Thermal Power Station • Durgapur Thermal Power Station • Mejia Thermal Power StationTransport Categories:- Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal
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