Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC.^[2][3] It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reservoir. The states benefitting from this power plant are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir. An investment worth ₹1,190.7 crore (US$140 million) has already been cleared. It even gets international assistance from IDA.^[4][5]

Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
Country	India
Location	Shaktinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	24.105168°N 82.706384°E / 24.105168; 82.706384
Status	Operational
Commission date	1986
Owner	NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	Stage - I: 5 × 200 MW Stage -II: 2 × 500 MW Solar PV: 15 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,015 MW
External links
Website	ntpc.co.in

ON 31 December 2014, a 15 MW solar PV was commissioned at NTPC SIngrauli.^[6][7] An 8 MW small hydro CW discharge plant has been constructed on discharge canal.^[8]

Coal base

The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
1st	1	200	1982 November
1st	2	200	1982 November
1st	3	200	1983 March
1st	4	200	1983 November
1st	5	200	1984 February
2nd	6	500	1986 December
2nd	7	500	1987 November
Total	Seven	2000

Renewable energy

Type	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
Solar PV	15	2014 December
CW Discharge	8	2018 March
Total	23