Sipat Thermal Power Station

Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located at Sipat in Bilaspur district in state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Dipika Mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited.

Sipat Super Thermal Power Plant
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CountryIndia
LocationBilaspur Chhattisgarh
Coordinates22°07′54″N 82°17′31″E / 22.1316°N 82.2920°E / 22.1316; 82.2920
StatusOperational
OwnerNational Thermal Power Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity2,980 MW
External links
Websitewww.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/sipat
CommonsRelated media on Commons

The project has an installed capacity of 2980 MW consisting of two stages, stage one which got commissioned late was of 3 units of 660 MW each involving super-critical boilers technology and stage two consisted of 2 units of 500 MW each. PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Sipat Thermal Power Plant on September 20, 2013.

Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
1st 1 660 2011 June Running
1st 2 660 2011 December Running
1st 3 660 2012 June Running
2nd 4 500 2007 May Running
2nd 5 500 2008 August Running
Total Five 2980

Transport

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Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located off the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line.


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