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Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reservoir.
Singrauli district (Hindi pronunciation: [sɪŋg.ɾɔːliː]) is one of the districts in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.It is a significant hub for energy production due to its vast coal reserves and power plants, earning it the title "Energy Capital of India."
The plant achieved the highest Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 90.84% in 2015-16 in the first year of its full operation. [4] The Plant achieved 94.78% PLF in 2018-19, the highest among thermal power plants in India. The Plant achieved 95.85% PLF in 2019-20, the highest among thermal power plants in India.
Nearby industries are NTPC Singrauli (First NTPC power plant of India [1]), NTPC Vindhyachal, NTPC Rihand, Renusagar, Essar Energy, Reliance Power, Hindalco (Aditya Birla Group), Northern Coalfields, which provides coal to NTPC plants to generate electricity and supply it to Northern as well as the NCR region.
The district has many electrical power stations around Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar. NTPC has two coal-based thermal power plants, being Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station at Shaktinagar and Rihand Thermal Power Station at Rihand Nagar. Other power stations are at Anpara , Obra (UPRVUNL), Renusagar and Pipri-Hydro (UPRVUNL).
The Singrauli Coalfield is located between latitudes 24 0 12 ’ N and 23 0 47 ’ N. It is spread over nearly 2,200 km 2 (850 sq mi) but only a small part of the coalfield, around 220 km 2 (85 sq mi), has been identified as promising by the Geological Survey of India.
Public sector undertaking National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and several other state level power generating companies are engaged in operating coal-based thermal power plants. Apart from NTPC and other state level operators, some private companies also operate the power plants. [9] One coal plant was given environmental clearance in 2021 ...
Singrauli is a city in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Commissionaire of Rewa. It lies about 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the district headquarters of Waidhan . Khairwar (tribe) are native of Singrauli (M.P.) . who have been living here from many decades.