Mundra Thermal Power Station

Mundra Thermal Power Station 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.

Mundra Thermal Power energy Station
Mundra Thermal Power Station from distance
CountryIndia
LocationMundra, Gujarat
Coordinates22°49′22″N 69°33′10″E
StatusOperational
Owner(s)
Operator(s)Adani Power
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational4 × 330 MW
5 × 660 MW
Nameplate capacity4,620 MW
External links
CommonsRelated media on Commons

It is the world's 11th-largest single location coal-based thermal power plant as well as India's second largest operational power plant after NTPC Vindhyanchal.[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]

StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of Commissioning
1st13302009 May [4]
1st23302010 [5]
2nd33302010 July [6]
2nd43302010 Nov [7]
3rd56602010 December [8]
3rd66602011 June[9]
4th76602011 October[5]
4th86602012 [5]
4th96602012 March [10]
TotalNine4620

See also
  • Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project owned by Tata Power

References
  1. "Indonesian nightmare for Tata, Adani, JSW, Lanco". dna.
  2. "Mundra world's largest coal-fired pvt power plant". The Times of India.
  3. "Adani Power wants tariff revision for more power purchase agreements". The Economic Times.
  4. "First unit of Adani's Mundra power plant becomes operational". indianexpress.com.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. BS Reporter (31 July 2010). "Adani starts third unit of Mundra power plant". business-standard.com.
  7. "Adani Power synchronizes 4th 330 MW unit at Mundra". indiainfoline.com.
  8. "APL synchronises country's first supercritical power plant". The Economic Times.
  9. "Adani Power synchronises 2nd Supercritical power Unit of 660 mw at Mundra". wirecable.in.
  10. "Mundra World's Largest Coal-Fired Pvt Power Plant". Energy Tribune.
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