Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant
Country India
Location Ropar, Ropar (district), Punjab (state).
Status Active
Commission date 1984
Operator(s) PSPCL
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal-fired
Power generation
Units operational 6
Nameplate capacity 1260.00 MW
Source:http://pspcl.in/index.htm/

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Ghanauli near Ropar in Punjab. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of PSPCL

Power plant

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Station is situated near village Ghanauli on Ropar-Kiratpur Sahib National highway NH-21. It is about 12 km from Ropar and 55 km from Chandigarh. The plant has an installed capacity of 1260 MW. The first unit was commissioned in September, 1984. During March 1985, the second unit was commissioned and in later years four more units were added.

The station received the Incentive award for reducing fuel oil consumption in 1999.

The station also received the Shield and excellent performance by Prime minister of India during 1986-87 for achieving 70.08% PLF against then 53.2%. The plant has its source of water supply from Nangal Hydel Channel. The coal used mainly comes from mines in Bihar, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh from more than 50 sources called collieries

Installed capacity

It has an installed capacity of 1260 MW.

Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
First 1 210 September, 1984 Running
First 2 210 March, 1985 Running
First 3 210 March, 1988 Running
First 4 210 January, 1989 Running
First 5 210 March, 1992 Running
First 6 210 March, 1993 Running

References

http://www.pspcl.in/docs/gurugobind.htm

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