Mejia Thermal Power Station

Mejia Thermal Power Station
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.

See also

	Energy portal
	India portal

• Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
• Bokaro Thermal Power Station B
• Durgapur Thermal Power Station

References

1. ^ "Mejia Thermal Power Station". Damodar Valley Corporation.. http://www.dvcindia.org/Mejia.htm.