Thermal power plants are an important source of energy in India.
The largest contribution to the national power grid of India comes from thermal power plants. India has three different kinds of thermal power plants with a combined installed capacity of 221,802.59 MW.
85% of these thermal power plants run on coal.
Knowing the list of thermal power plants in India can be very beneficial for candidates preparing for competitive exams as there are questions asked from this topic.
Here we have provided a complete state-wise list of thermal power plants in India.
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Table of content
- Types of Thermal Power Plants
- List of Thermal Power Plants in India
- Major Thermal Power Plants in India
- Anpara thermal power station- Uttar Pradesh
- Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant, Gujarat
- Sasan Ultra Mega Power Plant, Madhya Pradesh
- Tiroda Thermal Power Plant, Maharashtra
- Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, Odisha
Types of Thermal Power Plants
Thermal power plants, as the name suggests, use heat from a fuel source to generate electricity.
In most cases, heat is turned into steam in a boiler, which is then used to power a steam turbine linked to a generator.
Based on the heat source, they are classified as follows:
- Coal-Fired
- Gas
- Liquid fuel vs. diesel fuel
- Geothermal
- Biomass
- Discarded materials
List of Thermal Power Plants in India
The following table categorises major thermal plants in India by state:
| State | Thermal Power Plant |
| Madhya Pradesh | Amarkantak Thermal Power Plant |
| Satpura Thermal Power Plant | |
| Sanjay Gandhi, Birsinghpur Thermal Power Plant | |
| Shri Singaji Thermal Power Station Dongalia | |
| Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station | |
| Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station | |
| Maharashtra | Amravati Thermal Power plant |
| Chandrapur Thermal Power plant | |
| Khaperkheda Thermal Power plant | |
| Tiroda Thermal Power plant | |
| Chandrapur Thermal Power plant | |
| Solapur Super Thermal Power Station | |
| Mauda Super Thermal Power Plant | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Anpara Thermal Power plant |
| Dadri Thermal Power plant | |
| Feroz Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power plant | |
| National Capital Thermal Power plant | |
| Obra Thermal Power plant | |
| Rihand Super Thermal Power plant | |
| Rosa Thermal Power plant | |
| Bihar | Barauni Thermal Power Station |
| Patratu Thermal Power Station | |
| Khalgaon Super Thermal Power Project | |
| Karnataka | Raichur Thermal Power station |
| Bellary Thermal Power station | |
| Yermarus Thermal Power Station | |
| Udupi Thermal Power plant | |
| Chhattisgarh | Sipat Thermal Power Plant |
| Lara Super Thermal Power Plant | |
| Korba Thermal Power Plant | |
| Bhilai Thermal Power Plant | |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro Thermal Power plant |
| Patratu Thermal Power plant | |
| Rajasthan | Chhabra Thermal Power plant |
| Kalisindh Thermal Power plant | |
| Kota Thermal Power plant | |
| Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Plant | |
| Barsingsar Thermal Power Station | |
| Anta Thermal Power Station | |
| Ramgarh Gas Thermal Power Station | |
| West Bengal | Durgapur Thermal Power plant |
| Farakka Thermal Power plant | |
| Mejia Thermal Power Station | |
| Kolaghat Thermal Power Station | |
| Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station | |
| Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station | |
| Budge Budge Thermal Power Plant | |
| Sagardighi Thermal Power Station | |
| Tamil Nadu | Ennore Thermal Power plant |
| Mettur Thermal Power plant | |
| Neyveli Thermal Power Station | |
| Tuticorin Thermal Power Station | |
| IND Barath Thermal Power Plant | |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar Thermal Power plant |
| Mudra Thermal Power plant | |
| Sikka Thermal Power plant | |
| Ukai Thermal Power plant | |
| Wanakbori Thermal Power plant | |
| Akrimota Thermal Power Station | |
| Kutch Lignite Thermal Power Station | |
| Sabarmati Thermal Power Station | |
| Odisha | Hirakud Captive Thermal Power plant |
| Jharsuguda Thermal Power plant | |
| Talcher Thermal Power plant | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ramagundam Thermal Power plant |
| Simhadri Thermal Power plant | |
| Assam | Namrup Thermal Power Plant |
Major Thermal Power Plants in India
Anpara thermal power station- Uttar Pradesh
On the banks of the Rihand reservoir in the Uttarpradesh district of Sonebhadra sits the coal-fired Anpara thermal power station.
This power plant is conveniently accessible by air, rail, and road from other significant cities.
It is situated on the Pipri-Singrauli route, 200 kilometres from Varanasi.
There are five working units in this thermal power plant, with a total installed capacity of 500 MW.
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant, Gujarat
The 4,000MW Mundra Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP), also in Gujarat's Kutch region, is the country's third-largest thermal power plant.
The coal-fired power station is owned and operated by Coastal Gujarat Power Limited (CGPL), a Tata Power subsidiary.
The thermal power plant is made up of five 800MW generating units.
Construction of the plant began in March 2009.
Sasan Ultra Mega Power Plant, Madhya Pradesh
The Sasan Ultra Mega power plant, located in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district, has a capacity of 3,960MW.
It is one of India's largest power plants, owned and operated by Reliance Power, and is integrated with a coal mine.
The coal-fired power plant comprises six 660MW units and was completed in April 2015.
Its operations rely on coal from the Moher and Moher-Amlohri coal mines, as well as water from the Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar reservoir.
It provides steady and low-cost power to about 420 million people across seven states.
Shanghai Electric Corporation provided the plant's boilers, turbines, and generators.
Tiroda Thermal Power Plant, Maharashtra
The Tiroda thermal power station in Maharashtra, India, provides energy with a 3,300MW coal-fired power plant.
The power plant, which is owned and operated by Adani Power Maharashtra, consists of five 660MW units.
The power plant's first unit went into service in August 2012, and the last unit began up in October 2014.
The power station is powered by modern supercritical technology and water from the Wainganga River.
The 454.86-hectare power plant features low-NOx burners, a 275-meter-high chimney, a dust extraction and suppression system, and other cutting-edge pollution-control technology.
Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, Odisha
The Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, commonly known as NTPC Talcher Kaniha, is a 3,000MW coal-fired power station in Odisha's Angul district owned and operated by NTPC.
The Talcher Kaniha plant has six 500MW units.
The first unit of the plant was put into service in February 1995, and the last unit was put into service in February 2005.
The turbines for the facility were manufactured by ABB and BHEL.
The Talcher Super Thermal Power Station gets its coal from the Lingraj Block of the Talcher Coal Field.
The facility gets its water from the Samal Barrage Reservoir on the Brahmani River in Odisha.
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The major factors taken into consideration while locating a thermal power plant are:
- Terrain
- Availability of Fuel and Water
- Proximity to population centres.
- Accessibility
1- How many thermal power plants are there in India?
The World Resources Institute classified thermal power facilities in this analysis as those that generate steam and require water cooling. This includes coal, oil, biomass, and nuclear power. India has 399 such plants in total.
2- Which is the oldest thermal power plant in India?
Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station was a historic thermal power plant that was located in Hyderabad, Telangana on the banks of Hussain Sagar. It was India's first thermal power station, opened in 1920 by the erstwhile seventh Nizam of Hyderabad.
3- Which state is called powerhouse of India?
Maharashtra is the powerhouse of India.
4- Which is the first nuclear power plant in India?
Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.A.P.S.) is located in Tarapur, Palghar, India. It was the first commercial nuclear power station built in India.
5- Which is the biggest thermal power plant in the world?
The Taichung power plant, located in Longjing, Taichung, Taiwan, is the world's largest thermal power plant. It is a coal-fired power plant with an installed capacity of 5,788MW that is owned and operated by Taiwan Power Company, a state-owned corporation (Taipower).
