Ukai Thermal Power Station

Ukai Thermal Power Station of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, India, is a power station with an installed capacity of 850 MW. It is one of Gujarat's major coal-fired power plants, located on the bank of the Tapi river.

Ukai Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
LocationUkai, Tapi, Gujarat
Coordinates21°12′36.5″N 73°33′26.23″E
StatusOperational
Commission dateUnit 1: March 1976
Unit 2: June 1976
Unit 3: January 1979
Unit 4: September 1979
Operator(s)GSECL
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational2 X 120 MW
2 X 200 MW
1 X 210 MW
Nameplate capacity850 MW
External links
Websitegsecl.in

Power plant

Ukai Thermal Power Station is located on the banks of the Tapi because of the water resources, along with the hydroelectric power plant with the same name.[1] Ukai TPS Unit-1 is the first power station unit in India with a capacity more than 100 MW.

Installed capacity
StageUnit numberInstalled capacity (MW)Date of commissioningStatus
Stage I1120March 1976Retired from service
Stage I2120June, 1976Retired from service
Stage I3200January 1979Running
Stage I4200September, 1979Running
Stage I5210January 1985Running
Stage I 6 500 2013 Running

Ukai TPS unit-6 was first unit in GSECL having a capacity more than 500 MW.[1]

Transport

It is on the Jalgaon-Surat branch line of Western Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.[2] For example, the Ukai Thermal Power Station consumed 3,200,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07.[3] Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways.[4]

See also

References
  1. "GSECL". Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. "Coal supply to various power stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. "Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity". Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.


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