Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station is a power station located at Kudgi village of Basavana Bagewadi Taluq in

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in Indian state of

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based thermal power plants of

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for the plant will be derived from NTPC's Pakhri Barwadih coal block in

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. The Construction Power required for stage-1 erection was drawn from M/s Hescom (Hubli Electricity Supply Company) through 2 no. of dedicated 33kV OH lines from Basavana Bagewadi and Mattihal substations of Hescom. The water source is from reservoir of

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which is constructed on Krishna River.

Capacity

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project will have an installed capacity of 4000 MW (3x800 MW in first stage and 2x800 MW in second stage). Doosan Power systems India Pvt Ltd will supply Steam Generator for the plant & Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd will supply super-critical steam turbine and generator and L&T Howden will supply Axial fans to NTPC for the plant.

References

External links

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