Mejia Thermal Power Station

Mejia Thermal Power Station
Mejia
Thermal Power Station
Mejia Thermal Power Station is located in West Bengal
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Location of Mejia
Thermal Power Station
Country India
Location Durluvpur, Mejia, Bankura, West Bengal
Coordinates 23°27′37″N 87°08′05″E / 23.46028°N 87.13472°E / 23.46028; 87.13472Coordinates: 23°27′37″N 87°08′05″E / 23.46028°N 87.13472°E / 23.46028; 87.13472
Status Operational
Commission date 1996
Owner(s) DVC
Power station information
Primary fuel coal-fired
Generation units

4×220 MW(Unit 1-4) 2×250 MW (Unit 5 & 6)

2×500 MW (Unit 7 & 8)
Power generation information
Installed capacity 2430 MW
Website
http://www.dvcindia.org/

Mejia Thermal Power Station is located at 35 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC. Commissioned on 1996, MTPS is the largest thermal power plant, in terms of generating capacity in the state of West Bengal as well as among other DVC power plants.

Power Plant

Mejia Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 2340 MW. The plant has 8 units under operation.[1]. The individual units has the generating capacity as follows:

Unit No. Generating Capacity Commissioned on
U#1 220 MW 1996
U#2 220 MW 1998
U#3 220 MW 1999
U#4 220 MW 2005
U#5 250 MW 2008
U#6 250 MW 2009
U#7 500 MW 2010
U#8 500 MW 2010

Units 1 through 6 are collectively named MTPS- A, while the extension work of 2×500 MW Units 7 & 8 are called MTPS-B. All the units have BHEL make boilers, turbines and generators installed in them.

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