National Capital Power Station
Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
CountryIndia
LocationGautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E / 28.59833°N 77.60944°E / 28.59833; 77.60944
StatusOperational
Commission date1991
Operator(s)NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal-fired,Gas-fired
Power generation
Units operational1820 MW Coal 817 MW Gas
Nameplate capacity
  • 2,650 MW

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National Capital Power Station (NCPS) or NTPC Dadri, is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region (India). It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh about 25 km from Ghaziabad and about 9 km from Dadri. It is nearly 48 km from New Delhi towards Hapur. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

Capacity

NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820 MW and 829.78 MW respectively and 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78  MW

Coal based

The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. Source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.

StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of Commissioning
1st12101991 October
22101992 December
32101993 March
42101994 March
2nd54902010 January
64902010 July
TotalSix1820

Gas based

The gas for the power plant is sourced from GAIL HBJ Pipeline, it also supports HSD as alternate fuel. Source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.

StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of CommissioningGT / ST
1st1130.191992 MarchGT
2130.191992 MayGT
3130.191992 JuneGT
4130.191992 NovemberGT
5154.511993 FebruaryST
6154.511993 MarchST
Totalsix 829.78

Grand Total capacity is 2654.78 MW.

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