Hinduja National Thermal Power Station, Vizag is a coal-based thermal power plant located in Palavalasa village in
Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district) is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Prad ...
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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. The power plant is owned by Hinduja National Power Company Limited, a subsidiary of the
Hinduja Group
Hinduja Group is an Indian transnational conglomerate. The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive, oil and specialty chemicals, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trading, infrastructure project d ...
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The power plant is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal and it uses sea water for cooling purpose.
Capacity
The planned capacity of the power plant in 1040 MW (2x520 MW)
References
External links
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Coal-fired power stations in Andhra Pradesh
Buildings and structures in Visakhapatnam district
2015 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Energy infrastructure completed in 2015