Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station

Thermal power station Primary fuelCoalPower generation Units operational6 × 210 MW
7 × 500 MWMake and modelLMZ
Electrosila
BHELNameplate capacity4,760 MW

The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 9th largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW.^[1] The coal for the power plant is sourced from Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station.^[2] The plant is estimated to have been the coal-fired power plant which emitted the second most carbon dioxide in 2018, after Bełchatów Power Station, at 33.9 million tons, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.485 kg per kWh.^[3]

The electricity is consumed in the following states: Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli.^[1]

Capacity

NTPC Vindhyachal^[2]

Stage	Unit	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
I	1	210	October 1987
	2	210	July 1988
	3	210	February 1989
	4	210	December 1989
	5	210	March 1990
	6	210	February 1991
II	7	500	March 1999
	8	500	February 2000
III	9	500	July 2006
	10	500	March 2007
IV	11	500	June 2012
	12	500	March 2013
V	13	500	August 2015
Total		4760 MW

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