Tanda Thermal Power Station is located in

Ambedkar Nagar district Ambedkar Nagar is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Faizabad division (officially ''Ayodhya division'') in the Awadh region of the state. This district was established on 29 September 1995 by carvin ...

in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. The power plant is one of the

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from North Karnpura Coal Fields. Source of water for the power plant is from Tanda Pump Canal on

Saryu River The Sarayu is a river that originates at a ridge south of Nanda Kot mountain in Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand, India. It flows through Kapkot, Bageshwar, and Seraghat towns before discharging into the Sharda River at Pancheshwar at the Ind ...

. In the year 2000, Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (U.P.S.E.B.) transferred Tanda Thermal Power Plant to

NTPC Limited NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

against payment overdue. After acquisition of this plant, because of the better maintenance by

, this power plant has crossed its Plant Load Factor (P.L.F.) to more than 100%.

Installed capacity

Stage-I and present installed capacity are listed below: For Stage-II,

has installed two new units of 660 MWs each. Stage-I : 4x110 MWs = 440 MWs Stage-II : 660 MW + 660MW = 1320 MW Total Power Generation : 1760 MWs

References

NTPC Tanda
{{Power Plants of Uttar Pradesh Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh Ambedkar Nagar district Year of establishment missing