NTPC Dadri

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 Budhh 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).^[1]

National Capital Power Station
Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
Country	India
Location	Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1991
Operator	NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal-fired, gas-fired
Power generation
Units operational	1820 MW coal 817 MW gas
Nameplate capacity	2,654 MW
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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 a 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78  MW.

Coal based

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

Stage	Unit number	Installed capacity (MW)	Date of commissioning
1st	1	210	1991 October
	2	210	1992 December
	3	210	1993 March
	4	210	1994 March
2nd	5	490	2010 January
	6	490	2010 July
Total	Six	1820

Gas based

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

Stage	Unit number	Installed capacity (MW)	Date of commissioning	GT / ST
1st	1	130.19	1992 March	GT
	2	130.19	1992 May	GT
	3	130.19	1992 June	GT
	4	130.19	1992 November	GT
	5	154.51	1993 February	ST
	6	154.51	1993 March	ST
Total	six	829.78

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.