Barh Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Barh is located in

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in the Indian state of

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. NTPC Barh is located barely east of the

sub-division on National Highway-31 in

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. The project has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company

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. The project has been contested as it is nearby Himalayan Range and needs stricter anti-pollution controls. The 1,320 MW (2 x 660 MW) Barh Stage-2 built by

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is operational while 1,980 MW (3 x 660 MW) Barh Stage-1 is being built by Russian firm

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(TPE). Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh (26% from stage 1 and 50% from stage 2). The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of of land, which includes 12 villages. The then PM,

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, had laid the foundation stone of the main plant of stage-1 of NTPC Barh on March 6, 1999. The formal inauguration of its site office and laying of the foundation stone of the training centre at the plant site was done in September 2003.

Project cost

The plant is to produce 3,300 MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000

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. The total approved cost of stage-1 (660 MW x 3) has Rs 8,692.97 crore. The total approved cost of stage-2 (unit 1) plant is Rs 7,688.12 crore.

Capacity

Unit-1 of stage-2 commissioned in November 2013. Unit-2 of stage-2 commissioned in March 2015. The first unit (of stage-I) of NTPC Barh is expected to start generation from December 2019 instead of the scheduled August 2020, while the second and third units of stage-I will be made operational in December 2020 and August 2021, respectively.

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received bids in 2013 September for coal movement on 1620 km

National Waterway 1 (India) The National Waterway 1 (NW-1) or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is located in India and runs from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal via Patna and Bhagalpur in Bihar across the Ganges river. It is long, making it t ...

from

Haldia Haldia is an industrial port city in Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a major river port and industrial belt located approximately southwest of Kolkata near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributaries of ...

to NTPC's Barh which is about away.

Boiler balance work of Stage-I

The boiler balance work of Stage-I (3 x 660 MW)(BSTPP) was allotted to Doosan Power Systems India Ltd, (Korea) Company in January 2016. The work is under contract with Power Mech Projects Ltd.

Flue gas desulphurization addition

As per MOEF guidelines of Dec-2015 NTPC decided to add FGD units to all units to limit SOX emissions. BHEL was awarded the contract to supply FGD units.

References

External links

NTPC Barh website

BSTPP Video
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