Mundra Thermal Power Station
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 Location of Mundra Thermal Power Station in Gujarat
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| Country | India |
| Location | Mundra, Gujarat |
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| Status | Operational |
| Operator(s) | Adani Power |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 X 330 MW 5 X 660 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,620 MW |
Mundra Thermal Power Station or Mundra Thermal Power Project is located at Mundra in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Adani Power. The coal for the power plant is imported primarily from Bunyu, Indonesia.[1] Source of water for the power plant is sea water from the Gulf of Kutch.
It is the world's fifth-largest single location coal-based thermal power plant as well as India's second largest operational power plant .[2]
Capacity
The plant has nine power generating units, unit# 5 to 9 involves super-critical boiler technology.
In July 2012 Adani Power have requested Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the power tariff due to increase in price of coal imported from Indonesia.[3]
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
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| 1st | 1 | 330 | 2009 May [4] |
| 1st | 2 | 330 | 2010 [5] |
| 2nd | 3 | 330 | 2010 July [6] |
| 2nd | 4 | 330 | 2010 Nov [7] |
| 3rd | 5 | 660 | 2010 December [8] |
| 3rd | 6 | 660 | 2011 June[9] |
| 4th | 7 | 660 | 2011 October[5] |
| 4th | 8 | 660 | 2012 [5] |
| 4th | 9 | 660 | 2012 March [10] |
| Total | Nine | 4620 |
See also
References
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