Harduaganj Thermal Power Station

Harduaganj Thermal Power Station is located at Qasimpur Power House Colony which is 1 km distance from Harduaganj railway station at Harduaganj in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 18 km from Aligarh and 105 km from Agra. It is the new electric power station established in Aligarh district; the old one is Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant located in Jawan Sikandarpur of Aligarh district.

Harduaganj
Thermal Power Station
CountryIndia
LocationHarduaganj, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates28°01′03″N 78°07′48″E
StatusOperational
Construction began2006
Owner(s)Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational1×60 MW
1x110 MW
2X250 MW
Nameplate capacity665 MW

The coal for this power plant is sourced from coal mines owned by BCCL and ECL and are transported to the power plant through rail line. The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.

Operations

The plant has three stages, first two stages having 7 units capacity ranging between 30 MW to 55 MW were over three decade old and all are closed now. The machinery of currently functioning units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The coal for all these units is fed from the coal mines of Bharat Coking Coal Limited and Eastern Coalfields Limited by means of the railways. This place is also known as Qasimpur Power House. It has two colonies for the employee resident, old colony and new colony and a main market known as dus dukan.

In 2008, Unit-5 of 60MW capacity, lying defunct since 1999, and renovated at a cost of 33 crore started generating power once again.[1] The same unit was closed and the capacity was deleted from UPRVUNL generation capacity in July 2017.

Capacity

Harduaganj Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 610 MW.[2]

In July 2014 state government decided to add another unit of 660 MW to the power plant.[3] July 2015: The 660 MW unit will be constructed by Toshiba and will take four years to complete.[4] Thus its planned capacity is 1270 MW

StageInstalled Capacity (MW)Date of CommissioningStatus
CTPS601977 MayDeleted [5]
CTPS1101978 AugustRenovated and Running [6]
HTPS Extn.2502012 FebruaryRunning
HTPS Extn.2502013 OctoberRunning
HTPS Extn.6602020 DecemberUnder construction [7]
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See also

References
  1. 9 yrs after it was shut down, Harduaganj unit generates power again Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 28 May 2008.
  2. "Harduganj Thermal Power Station". UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/UP_govt_decided_to_install_4_power_plants_in_the_state/343464.html
  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Harduaganj-power-plant-to-get-unit-of-660-MW/articleshow/48061442.cms
  5. "https://uprvunl.org/uprvunl/en". External link in |title= (help)
  6. http://netindian.in/news/2015/07/03/00034321/bhel-renovates-110-mw-unit-harduaganj-thermal-power-station
  7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/power-supply-in-up-to-get-660-mw-boost/articleshow/76863800.cms
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