Wanakbori Thermal Power Station is a
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 ...
-fired power station in
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, India. It is located on the bank of
Mahi river in
Kheda district. There are eight units at this location, seven of each 210 MW and one of 800 MW capacity.
GSECL
Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVN), which came into existence in August 1993 after the unbundling of the GEB. It is a power generation company working in th ...
had recently entrusted
BHEL with an order for setting up an 800-MW supercritical coal-based project at Wanakbori in
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
on EPC basis.
[http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bhel-bags-rs-3500-crore-order-for-ther mal-plantgujarat_1182652.html] BHEL has completed the construction activities and the 800MW was declared as commercially operational on 12.10.2019 at 1400 Hrs.
See also
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Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station
Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Gujarat, India. It is located on the bank of Sabarmati river near Gandhinagar.
See also
* Ukai Thermal Power Station
* Wanakbori Thermal Power Station
* Sikka Thermal P ...
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Ukai Thermal Power Station
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Sikka Thermal Power Station
Sikka Thermal Power Station is one of Gujarat's coal-fired power plants. It is located near Jamnagar which is the major industrial town in Gujarat.
Power plant
Sikka Thermal Power Station is located near Jamnagar, which is the major industria ...
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Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station
Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station is a decommissioned oil and gas power plant located at Khambhat in Anand district, Gujarat. The power plant was under ownership of state owned Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited
Gujarat State Electrici ...
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Kutch Thermal Power Station
Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station is Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited's only lignite based power plant.
Power Plant
Kachchh Lignite Thermal Power Station is located near Panadhro village in Lakhpat Taluka, Kutch district, Gujar ...
References
Coal-fired power stations in Gujarat
Kheda district
1982 establishments in Gujarat
Energy infrastructure completed in 1982
20th-century architecture in India
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