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Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station
Location of the Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
Official name	NTPC Vindhyachal
Country	India
Location	Waidhan, Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	24°5′50″N 82°40′25″E / 24.09722°N 82.67361°E / 24.09722; 82.67361
Status	Operational
Construction began	1982
Commission date	1987 (Stage I) to 2015 (Stage V)
Owner	NTPC
Operator	NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	6 × 210 MW 7 × 500 MW
Make and model	LMZ Electrosila BHEL
Nameplate capacity	4,760 MW
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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 10th largest coal-fired power station in the world, with an installed capacity of 4,760 MW. The coal for the power plant is sourced from the Nigahi mines, and the water is sourced from the discharge canal of the Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station. The power 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.

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

Capacity

References

1. ^ "NTPC's Vindyachal plant largest power generating station". The Economic Times. 28 October 2015.
2. ^ "Vindhyachal Coal based power station". NTPC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. Grant, Don; Zelinka, David; Mitova, Stefania (2021). "Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world's hyper-polluting power plants". Environmental Research Letters. 16 (9): 094022. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac13f1. ISSN 1748-9326.

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Thermal	Coal (own) Barauni Barh Bongaigaon Dadri Darlipali Farakka Gadarwara Kahalgaon Khargone Korba Kudgi Lara Mauda North Karanpura Ramagundam Rihand Simhadri Singrauli Sipat Solapur Talcher Talcher Kaniha Tanda Telangana Unchahar Vindhyachal Coal (JVs) Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project Nabinagar Thermal Power Project Kanti Thermal Power Station Meja Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project Patratu Super Thermal Power Project NSPCL Vallur Thermal Power Project Meja Thermal Power Station Patratu Super Thermal Power Project Gas (own) Anta Auraiya Dadri Faridabad Jhanor-Gandhar Kawas Kayamkulam Gas (JVs) Agartala Assam RGPPL Tripura
Hydel	Own Koldam Lata Tapovan Rammam Tapovan Vishnugad JVs Doyang Kameng Kopili Koteshwar Pare Ranganadi Tehri Tuirial

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