Sipat Thermal Power Station
Building in India
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Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located at Sipat in Bilaspur district in the state of Chhattisgarh. It is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the plant is sourced from Dipika Mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited.
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| Sipat Super Thermal Power Plant | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Bilaspur Chhattisgarh |
| Coordinates | 22.1316°N 82.2920°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner | National Thermal Power Corporation |
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| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
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| Nameplate capacity | 2,980 MW |
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| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The project has an installed capacity of 2980 MW, consisting of two stages. Stage one was of 3 units of 660 MW each, involving super-critical boilers technology, and stage two consisted of 2 units of 500 MW each.
PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Sipat Thermal Power Plant on September 20, 2013.
| Stage | Unit number | Installed capacity (MW) | Date of commissioning | Status |
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| 1st | 1 | 660 | 2011 June | Running |
| 1st | 2 | 660 | 2011 December | Running |
| 1st | 3 | 660 | 2012 June | Running |
| 2nd | 4 | 500 | 2007 May | Running |
| 2nd | 5 | 500 | 2008 August | Running |
| Total | 5 | 2980 |
Transport
Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located off the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line.
External links
Media related to Sipat Thermal Power Station at Wikimedia Commons
