Kakatiya Thermal Power Station Explained

Kakatiya Thermal Power Project at Bhupalpalle
Name Official:KTPP
Coordinates:18.3875°N 79.8394°W
Location:Ghanpur, Warangal district, Telangana
Status:Operational
Commissioned:Unit 1: February 2009
'Under implementation'
Unit 2: 2013
Operator:Telangana Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO)
Th Fuel Primary:Coal
Ps Units Operational:1X500 MW
'Under implementation'
1X600
Ps Electrical Capacity:500 MW
'Under implementation'
600 MW

Kakatiya Thermal Power Station is located near Chelpur village of Ghanpur mandal in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district of the Indian state of Telangana. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of TSGENCO

Plant

This power plant was developed in 2 stages. The first stage comprised one 500MW unit. The unit was synchronized to grid with oil firing on 31.03.2010 at 06:08 hrs. Coal firing was immediately taken up and the load was raised up to 84 MW and the unit was in service with this load for about 1 hour.[1]

Kakatiya TPP Unit-II 1X600MW, was synchronized to the grid at 03:00 hrs. on 22 October 2015 and loaded to 105 MW.

Capacity

Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status
Stage I 1 500 May, 2010 Running
Stage II 2 600 Jan, 2016 Running[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kakatiya Thermal Power Station. Central Electricity Authority.. 26 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100926024825/http://cea.nic.in/power_sec_reports/Executive_Summary/2010_05/8.pdf. 26 September 2010. dead.
  2. Web site: BHEL commissions 600 MW Thermal Unit in Telangana Central Chronicle. www.centralchronicle.com. en-US. 2017-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425220411/http://www.centralchronicle.com/bhel-commissions-600-mw-thermal-unit-in-telangana.html. 25 April 2018. dead.