Obra Thermal Power Station
Obra Thermal Power Station is located in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 13 km (8.1 mi) from Chopan Railway Station and about 125 km (78 mi) from Varanasi. The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.but these power plant is not enough in our town. only in history.these range mostly 0.25km around supply 20 hour .other very bad only 12 to 14 hour around 1 or 2 km. so verry bad.
Operations
There are thirteen functioning units, all of which are coal-fired thermal power stations. The machinery for the most of the units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The last unit of 200 MW was commissioned in 1982.
Capacity
Obra Thermal Power Station has a generating capacity of 1288 MW and an auxiliary bus charged from 3*33 mW hydro power plant.
Stage | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | 1967 August | Running [1] |
1 | 50 | 1968 March | Running |
2 | 100 | 1974 December | Running |
2 | 100 | 1976 January | Running |
3 | 200 | 1978 March | Running |
3 | 200 | 1979 March | Running |
3 | 200 | 1980 March | Running |
4 | 200 | 1981 May | Running |
4 | 200 | 1982 July | Running |
Future expansion
There is plan to add two units of 660 MW each to the power plant.[2]
References
Coordinates: 24°26′43″N 82°58′48″E / 24.4454°N 82.9801°E