Panki Thermal Power Station is located at Panki in

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. Its first stage was commissioned in 1967 by the then

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. It has an installed capacity of 660 Mega Watts. The power plant is owned and operated by

Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) was constituted on dated 25.08.1980 under the Companies' Act 1956 for construction of new thermal power projects in the state sector. On 14 January 2000, in accordance to U.P. State Elect ...

. It has a 275 Metres high chimney which is one of the tallest structures in India

Operations

The plant has been set up in three stages. The stage had two units of 32 megawatts each and it began operation in 1967 both the units ceased operations in 1998. The second stage had two units of 110 megawatts each and began operation in 1977. The machinery for the second stage was from

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. The second stage ceased operations in 2018 and a third stage was planned. The Third Stage is under construction, it will have 1 unit of 660 Mega Watts, its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister

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in 2019, and it will begin operation by December 2022. The coal to all these units is fed from coal mines of

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by means of

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Future expansion

The state government decided in July 2014 to build a unit of 660 Mega Watts to the power plant. A contract was issued by UPRVUNL to BHEL on EPC basis for construction of 1x660 MW units at Panki on 31 March 2018, with scheduled project completion in December 2022.

References

JULY 18- DEC - 2018 - EC REPORT PANKI (uprvunl.org)
Kanpur Nagar district Economy of Kanpur Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh Energy infrastructure completed in 1977 1977 establishments in Uttar Pradesh 20th-century architecture in India {{India-powerstation-stub

Operations

Future expansion

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