Durgapur Thermal Power Station Explained

Durgapur Thermal Power Station
Coordinates:23.5311°N 87.2503°W
Country:India
Location:Durgapur, Burdwan, West Bengal
Status:O
Commissioned:1966
Owner:DVC
Th Fuel Primary:Coal

Durgapur Thermal Power Station is located near Waria Railway Station, 6 km from Durgapur railway station in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.

Power plant

DTPS was set up in the sixties of last century with two 75 MW units and one 140 MW unit in the first stage. Another 210 MW unit was added to the plant in the early eighties to augment supplies to the growing industrial demand. The first 2 units of the Station had to be de-commissioned after a fire accident in 1985.[1]

Installed capacity

Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
First 1 75 NA Closed
First 2 75 NA Closed
First 3 140 December, 1966 Closed
Second 4 220 (Output 210) September, 1982 Closed

U#3 has ABL make boilers and GE make turbine-generators, while U#4 has boiler, turbine and generator are of BHEL make.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Durgapur Thermal Power Station. Damodar Valley Corporation.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100516205935/http://www.dvcindia.org/Durgapur.htm. 2010-05-16.