Santaldih Thermal Power Station () of
West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...
with an installed capacity of 500 MW (2x250 MW).
Location
Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at , at
Santaldih
Santaldih is a census town in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Santaldih Thermal Power Project Town is shown in the Para CD block ...
, in
Para (community development block)
Para is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History Background
The ''Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra'' of the 5th centu ...
of
Purulia district
Purulia district () is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Manbazar ...
in the
India
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n
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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**Nation state, a ...
of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
. It is located on the
Adra-Gomoh branch line of South-Eastern Railway, on the southern bank of
Damodar River
Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow o ...
.
There is a railway station at Santaldih on the
Adra-Gomoh branch line.
Capacity
The installed capacity of Santaldih Thermal Power Station is 2 x 250 MW. The four units were commissioned as follows- Unit 1: 1.1.1974; Unit 2: 16.7.1975; Unit 3: 6.12.1978; Unit 4: 30.3.1981.
[
STPS has expanded capacity by 2 x 250 MW .][ The previous units (1,2,3,4) are non functional now and they are demolished. Unit 5 & 6 are operating now both are 250 MW. Unit 7 & 8 are proposed to be installed in future. Unit 7 & 8 will be super critical of 800 MW each.
]
References
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Purulia district
Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal
1974 establishments in West Bengal
Energy infrastructure completed in 1974