Dahanu Thermal Power StationAdani Dahanu Thermal Power Station (ADTPS) is a coal based thermal power plant located at coastal Dahanu town in Palghar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra It was constructed by BSES Limited (now Reliance Infrastructure). The power plant operated by Adani Power is located on Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail line and is 120 km away from Mumbai and 20 km away from Mumbai-Ahmedabad-Delhi National Highway 8 (India).
Palghar districtPalghar district (Marathi pronunciation: [paːlɡʱəɾ]) is a district in the Konkan division of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The headquarters of the district is the town of Palghar. Other major cities in the district are Vasai-Virar, Talasari, Jawhar and Dahanu. On 1 Aug 2014, the Government of Maharashtra announced the formation of Palghar as the 36th district of Maharashtra. It was carved out of Thane district.
Thermal power stationA thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat from the source is converted into mechanical energy using a thermodynamic power cycle (such as a Diesel cycle, Rankine cycle, Brayton cycle, etc.).
Konkan divisionRegion in Maharashtra, India Place in Maharashtra, India Konkan division is one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. It comprises the central portions of the Konkani region, excluding Goa and Daman, which were absorbed into Maharashtra owing to the States Reorganisation of India. Konkan division is the western section of present-day Maharashtra, alongside the west coast of India.
Adani PowerAdani Power Limited is an Indian multinational power and energy company, subsidiary of Adani Group and based in Khodiyar in Ahmedabad, India. It is a private thermal power producer, with a capacity of 15,250 MW and operates a mega solar plant of 40 MW at Naliya, Bitta, Kutch, Gujarat. Adani Godda Power is implementing a 1,600 MW plant at Jharkhand.Electrostatic precipitatorFiltration device Electrodes inside electrostatic precipitator Collection electrode of an electrostatic precipitator in a waste incineration plant Insulator assembly with housing and high voltage bus removed for maintenance and inspection. Insulators are typically used to hold up the electrode fields between the grounded collection plates.
MumbaiCapital of Maharashtra, IndiaMegacity in Maharashtra, IndiaMumbai ( ; Marathi: Mumbaī, pronounced ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India. Located on the Konkan coast along the west coast of India, it has a deep natural harbour.
MaharashtraMaharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the northwest.
CoastA coast (also called the coastline, shoreline, or seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, such as that caused by waves. The geological composition of rock and soil dictates the type of shore that is created. Earth has about 620,000.0 km (385,250.1 mi) of coastline.
Flue-gas stackA flue-gas stack, also known as a smoke stack, Coal Stack, chimney stack or simply as a stack, is a type of chimney, a vertical pipe, channel or similar structure through which flue gases are exhausted to the outside air. Flue gases are produced when coal, oil, natural gas, wood or any other fuel is combusted in an industrial furnace, a power plant's steam-generating boiler, or other large combustion device.
Particulate matterMicroscopic solid or liquid matter suspended in the Earth's atmospherePM2.5 and PM10 compared with a human hair in a graphic from the Environmental Protection Agency
Rewas PortRewas Port(Rewas-Bodani or Revas) is one of 48 “minor” ports of Maharashtra located at Rewas Creek, near Karanja creek at the mouth of the Patalganga River about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southward of Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Mumbai Port. It is controlled by the state government through the Maharashtra Maritime Board.
MunicipalityA municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.