Bokaro Thermal Power Station B

Bokaro Thermal Power Station B (BTPS - B) is located at Bokaro district in Jharkhand, 44 km from the Bokaro Steel City and is about 55 km from Dhanbad city.. The nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.

Bokaro Thermal Power Station B
CountryIndia
LocationBokaro (Thermal), Bokaro District, Jharkhand
Coordinates23°47′07″N 85°52′48″E
StatusOperational
Commission date1986
Owner(s)DVC
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational3×210 MW
Nameplate capacity630 MW
External links
Websitewww.dvcindia.gov.in

Power plant

Bokaro Thermal Power Station B has an installed capacity of 630 MW. The First unit was commissioned in March 1986. The station is located on the banks of the Konar River near Bokaro ‘A’ Thermal Power Station. Entire power generated by the plant is supplied to DVC network.[1]

The now defunct Bokaro ‘A’ Thermal Power Station which was the first thermal power plant of the DVC system (commissioned in 1963), was scrapped. In place of which, one 500 MW unit has been commissioned by BHEL in May 2016.

Installed capacity
Unit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
1210Mar. 1986Running
2210Nov. 1990Running
3210Aug. 1993Running

The boilers are of ABL make, while the turbines and generators are of BHEL make.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Bokaro Thermal Power Station B". Damodar Valley Corporation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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