Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station is a power station located at Kudgi village of Basavana Bagewadi Taluq in Bijapur district, Karnataka in Indian state of Karnataka. This is one of the coal based thermal power plants of NTPC Limited.

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station
Official name	NTPC Kudgi
Country	India
Location	Bijapur, Karnataka
Coordinates	16°30′00″N 75°50′00″E
Status	Commissioned
Commission date	2016
Owner	NTPC Limited
Operator	NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Secondary fuel	Light Diesel Oil
Power generation
Units operational	3
Nameplate capacity	2400;MW
External links
Website	www.ntpc.co.in

The coal for the plant will be derived from NTPC's Pakhri Barwadih coal block in Jharkhand.

The Construction Power required for stage-1 erection was drawn from M/s Hescom (Hubli Electricity Supply Company) through 2 no. of dedicated 33kV OH lines from Basavana Bagewadi and Mattihal substations of Hescom.

The water source is from reservoir of Almatti Dam which is constructed on Krishna River.^[1]

Capacity

Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project will have an installed capacity of 4000 MW (3x800 MW in first stage and 2x800 MW in second stage). Doosan Power systems India Pvt Ltd will supply Steam Generator for the plant & Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd will supply super-critical steam turbine and generator and L&T Howden will supply Axial fans to NTPC for the plant.^[2] A 160 MWh CO₂ battery is also projected.^[3]

Stage	Unit Number	power (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
1st	1	800	2016 Dec	Commissioned [4]
	2	800	2017 March	Commissioned [5]
	3	800	2018 March	Commissioned.[6]
2nd	4	800		Yet to be approved
	5	800		Yet to be approved