Santaldih Thermal Power Station

Santaldih Thermal Power Station (Bengali: সাঁওতালডিহ তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a power station with an installed capacity of 500 MW (2x250 MW).

Santaldih Thermal Power Station(Power sector)
Country	India
Location	Para (community development block), Purulia district, West Bengal
Coordinates	23°36′05″N 86°28′01″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1 January 1974
Owner	West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	2x 250 MW
Nameplate capacity	500 MW 800x2 MW (planned)

Location

Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at 23°35′53″N 86°28′26″E, at Santaldih, in Para (community development block) of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the Adra-Gomoh branch line of South-Eastern Railway, on the southern bank of Damodar River.^[1] There is a railway station at Santaldih on the Adra-Gomoh branch line.

Capacity

The installed capacity of Santaldih Thermal Power Station is 2 x 250 MW. The four units were commissioned as follows- Unit 1: 1.1.1974; Unit 2: 16.7.1975; Unit 3: 6.12.1978; Unit 4: 30.3.1981.^[1] STPS has expanded capacity by 2 x 250 MW .^[1] The previous units (1,2,3,4) are non functional now and they are demolished. Unit 5 & 6 are operating now both are 250 MW. Unit 7 & 8 are proposed to be installed in future. Unit 7 & 8 will be super critical of 800 MW each.