National Capital Power Station (NCPS) or NTPC Dadri is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region (India). It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in Gautam Budhh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh about 25 km from Ghaziabad and about 9 km from Dadri. It is nearly 48 km from New Delhi towards Hapur. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).[1]

National Capital Power Station
Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
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CountryIndia
LocationGautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E / 28.59833°N 77.60944°E / 28.59833; 77.60944
StatusOperational
Commission date1991
OperatorNTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal-fired, gas-fired
Power generation
Units operational1820 MW coal 817 MW gas
Nameplate capacity
  • 2,654 MW

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Capacity

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NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820 MW and 829.78 MW respectively and a 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78  MW.

Coal based

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The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. The source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.

Stage Unit number Installed capacity (MW) Date of commissioning
1st 1 210 1991 October
2 210 1992 December
3 210 1993 March
4 210 1994 March
2nd 5 490 2010 January
6 490 2010 July
Total Six 1820

Gas based

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The gas for the power plant is sourced from GAIL HBJ Pipeline. It also supports HSD as alternate fuel. The source of water for the power plant is the Upper Ganga Canal.

Stage Unit number Installed capacity (MW) Date of commissioning GT / ST
1st 1 130.19 1992 March GT
2 130.19 1992 May GT
3 130.19 1992 June GT
4 130.19 1992 November GT
5 154.51 1993 February ST
6 154.51 1993 March ST
Total six 829.78

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.

References

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  1. ^ "NTPC Dadri Power Plant".
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