National Mega & Ultra Mega Power Plants

NATIONAL MEGA & ULTRA MEGA POWER PLANTS

• Mega Power Plant- According to a circular issued by the Government of India dated 10th November, 1995 regarding the ‘Setting up of power plants of capacity 1000 MW or more supplying power to more than one State’, Government of India had set the guidelines of setting up the mega power projects of capacity 1000 MW or more supplying power to more than one State had been issued vide D.O. letter N. C.- 286/95-IPC, dated 10th November, 1995.

S. No. POWER PLANT STATE COMMISSIONED CAPACITY (MW)

COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS

1. Sipat Thermal Power Station, NTPC Chhattisgarh 2,980

2. Korba Super Thermal Power Plant, Chhattisgarh 2,600 NTPC

3. Rihand Thermal Power Station, NTPC Uttar Pradesh 3,000

4. Singrauli Super Thermal Power Uttar Pradesh 2,000

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Station, NTPC

5. NTPC Dadri Uttar Pradesh 1,820

6. Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Uttar Pradesh 1,050 Power Plant, NTPC

7. Barh Super Thermal Power Station, Bihar 3,300 NTPC

8. Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, Odisha 3,000 NTPC

9. Mejia Thermal Power Station, DVC West Bengal 2,340

10. Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Bihar 2,340 Station, NTPC

11. Farakka Super Thermal Power Station, West Bengal 2,100 NTPC

12. Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Bihar 1,980 Project, NTPC

13. Chandrapura Thermal Power Station, Jharkhand 1,250 DVC

14. Maithon Power Plant, DVC & Tata Jharkhand 1,050

15. Durgapur Steel Thermal Power West Bengal 1,000 Station, DVC

16. Koderma Thermal Power Station, Jharkhand 1,000 DVC

17. Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited Bihar 1,000 (BRBCL), NTPC

18. NTPC Ramagundam Telangana 2,600

19. Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant, Andhra Pradesh 2,000 NTPC

20. Neyveli Thermal Power Station II, Tamil Nadu 1,970 NLC

21. Vallur Thermal Power Station, NTPC Tamil Nadu 1,500 & TNEB

22. NTPL Thermal Power Station, NLC & Tamil Nadu 1,000 TNEB

HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATIONS

1. Tehri Dam, THDC Uttarakhand 1,000

2. Chamera Dam, NHPC Himachal Pradesh 1,071

3. Parbati Hydroelectric Project, NHPC Himachal Pradesh 1,320 4. Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project, Jammu and - NHPC Kashmir

5. Koel – Karo Bihar 800

6. Teesta-V Sikkim 510

7. Koldam Himachal Pradesh 800

8. Indira Sagar, NHPC Madhya Pradesh 1,000

9. Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Arunachal Pradesh 2,000 Project, NHPC

• Ultra Mega Power Plant- Government of India through Ministry of Power launched the initiative of Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) i.e. 4,000 MW super thermal power projects (both pit head and imported coal based) in November 2005 with the objective to develop large capacity power projects in India. Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has been appointed as the Nodal Agency to facilitate the development of these projects. Various inputs for the UMPPs are tied up by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with assistance of Ministry of Power & Central Electricity Authority (CEA). CEA is involved in selection of sites for these UMPPs.

S. No. POWER PLANT STATE COMMISSIONED CAPACITY (MW) 1. Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Madhya Pradesh 4,760 Station, NTPC

2. Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project Gujrat 4,000

3. Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project Madhya Pradesh 3,960