Koradi Thermal

Power Station

Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) is

located at Koradi near Nagpur,
Maharashtra. The power plant is one of
the four major power plants in Vidarbha –
a power surplus region of India.[3] The
power station began operations in 1974
and is one of the nine active power
stations operated by Maharashtra State
Power Generation Company Limited
(Prajot), a subsidiary of Government of
Maharashtra owned Maharashtra State
Electricity Board (MSEB).[4] The plant
operates 8 units and has a total power
generation capacity of 1700 MW.[1] A
proposed 440 kilovolt high power
transmission line from Koradi to Bhusawal
would join Nagpur with Mumbai.[5] KTPS
campus also contains training institute of
MahaGenco for middle and senior level
engineers, technicians and other staff.[6]
 Koradi Thermal Power Station

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Country India

Location Koradi near Nagpur,

Maharashtra

Coordinates 21°14′56″N 79°5′56″E

Commission date 6 June 1974[1]

Owner(s) Mahagenco

Operator(s) Maharashtra State

Power Generation
Company

Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Turbine technology Closed cycle with
cooling tower.

Cooling source Balancing Tank

Power generation

Units operational Zamech ELBLAG,

Poland and BHEL
manufactured

Nameplate capacity 2400 MW

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Source: Prajot[2]

Power station
KTPS is located on the northern side of
Nagpur and is spread across an area of
30,337 km2. Coal for KTPS comes from
various nearby collieries of Western
Coalfields Limited (WCL) located at
Silewara, Pipla, Patansavangi, Kamptee,
Inder, Walni, Gondegaon and Saoner.
These are at an average distance of 10
kilometres (6.2 mi) away. The plant
approximately requires 16,000 to
17,000 tonnes of coal per day.[2]

Map of Nagpur district showing Koradi

The water for KTPS comes from water
reservoir of nearby Totaladoh
hydroelectric power station.[7] Also,
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)
provides treated water from its sewage
treatment plant.[8] According to MSEB, the
average unit cost of power generation at
KTPS is 6.28 paise/kWh at 70 percent load
factor while it is 13.52 paise/kWh at
25 percent load factor. The average cost
for transmitting this power to Mumbai is
1.26 paise/kWh.[9]

Since its commissioning, KTPS saw

expansion in stages. First unit of 115 MW
began in 1974. Later, three more units each
of 115 MW, were added between 1975 and
1976 while 200 MW unit was added in
1978. The Project Managers for
construction of 200/210 MW units were Sri
P.S. Khirwadkar followed by Sri
C.N.Swamy. Two more units, of 210 MW
each, between 1982 and 1983.[1] Major
developments were undertaken by Ashok
R Agrawal who developed the Power Plant.
MSEB has finalized further expansion by
increasing the capacity of 3 units to
660 MW thereby taking the total capacity
of KTPS to 1560 MW. The work is
expected to finish by 2014.[10] Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is
expected to get equity participation by
supplying important equipments in the
80 billion (US$1.1 billion) expansion
plan.[11]

In order to reduce air pollution the plant's

units are equipped with electrostatic
precipitators.[12]

Capacity …
Stage Unit Number Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status

St age 1 1 115 1974 June Not Running

St age 1 2 115 1975 March Not Running

St age 1 3 115 1976 March Not Running

St age 1 4 115 1976 July Not Running

St age 2 5 200 1978 July Not Running[13]

St age 3 6 210 1982 March Running

St age 3 7 210 1983 January Running

St age 4 8 660 16/12/2015 Running

St age 4 9 660 22/11/2016 Running

St age 4 10 660 4/14/2017 Running

Total Ten 3060

MAHAGENCO has already decided to

close Unit 5 and 6 and eventually also stop
unit 7. All these units are more than 30
years old and producing with poor load
factor.

[14]

Thermal Power Research

Center
The Central Power Research Institute
(CPRI) of Government of India, which
serves as regulating body for testing of
instruments and uploading of licenses in
India, is going to set up a Thermal
Research Centre (TRC) at Koradi. However,
the KTPS expansion plans have created a
problems in land acquisition for TRC.[15]

Disruptions
On February 27, 2005, a major fire broke
out at KTPS and had to be shut down
causing blackouts in most districts of
Marathawada.[16] In May 2007, the power
plant was shut down due a strike by
workers.[17]

References
1. "Koradi Thermal Power Station" .
Government of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra State Power Generation
Company Limited. Archived from the
original on 7 November 2009.
Retrieved 5 January 2009.
2. "Koradi Power Station: Details at a
glance" (PDF). Government of
Maharashtra. Maharashtra State
Electricity Board. 2005. Archived from
 the original (PDF) on 19 February
2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
3. "Coal-rich Vidarbha can make
Maharashtra power surplus" .
Retrieved 20 April 2015.
4. "Index of power stations" .
Government of Maharashtra.
Maharashtra State Power Generation
Company Limited. Archived from the
original on 7 November 2009.
Retrieved 5 January 2009.
5. Electrical Power System Design .
Retrieved 20 April 2015.
. "Koradi Training Centre" . Government
of Maharashtra. Archived from the
 original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved
5 January 2009.
7. Vijay P. Singh; Ram Narayan Yadava
(2003). Water Resources System
Operation . Allied Publishers. p. 147.
ISBN 978-81-7764-548-4.
. "Mahagenco to give Rs 15cr to NMC
for waste water project" . The Times
of India. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
9. "The Report Of The Krishna Water
Disputes Tribunal With The Decision"
(PDF). Krishna Water Disputes
Tribunal. Department of Irrigation,
Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1973.
pp. 142, 461. Archived from the
 original (PDF) on 23 October 2007.
Retrieved 5 January 2009.
10. "Ongoing projects" (PDF).
Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
Maharashtra State Power Generation
Company Limited. Retrieved 5 January
2009.
11. "BHEL may take equity in Koradi power
plant" . The Hindu Business Line.
Retrieved 20 April 2015.
12. "Assessment of requirement of Bag
filter vis a vis Electrostatic Precipitator
in Thermal Power Plants" (PDF).
Ministry of Environment & Forests,
Govt. of India. Central Pollution Control
 Board. 2007. Archived from the
original (PDF) on 9 April 2009.
Retrieved 5 January 2009.
13. "Replacement of Old & inefficient
thermal units by supercritical units-
Decommissioning & retirement of
Mahagenco's 200MW Unit 5 of Koradi
TPS" (PDF). Central Electricity
Authority. 21 April 2017.
14. Tariff Petition before MERC
15. Batra, Sunhash (5 June 2008).
"Proposed expansion of KTPS may
cost TRC to Vidarbha" . Hitavada.
Retrieved 5 January 2009.
 1 . "Blackout" . The Hindu. 28 February
2005. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
17. "Koradi thermal power station
generation stops" . Press Trust of
India. 24 May 2007. Retrieved
5 January 2009.

Mahagenco has sought permission from

Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory
Commission (MERC) to close down unit 5
and 6 of Koradi (200 MW and 210 MW).
Genco wants to shut 1,040MW generation
Ashish Roy | TNN | Jul 4, 2014

External links
MAHAGENCO Koradi
 MahaGenco report giving technical
details of Koradi Thermal Power
Station

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