Santaldih Thermal Power Station

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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 / 23.60139°N 86.46694°E / 23.60139; 86.46694Coordinates: 23°36′05″N 86°28′01″E / 23.60139°N 86.46694°E / 23.60139; 86.46694
Status	Operational
Commission date	1 January 1974
Owner(s)	West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	2x 250 MW
Nameplate capacity	480 MW 980 MW (planned)
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Santaldih Thermal Power Station (Bengali: সাঁওতালডিহ তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a power station with an installed capacity of 480 MW (4x120 MW).

Location[]

Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at

23°35′53″N 86°28′26″E / 23.598°N 86.474°E / 23.598; 86.474, 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 4 x 120 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 6 & 7 are proposed to be installed in future.

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