Anpara Thermal Power Station is located at Anpara in

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, about from

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route. It has a total power-generation capacity of 3850 MW using 9 units.

Operations

There are in total nine operational units, all of which are

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s. The machinery for the UPRVUNL's Anpara A (3 units of 210 MW each) are from

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. UPRVUNL'S Anpara B (two units of 500 MW each) from

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. Machinery for Anpara C was sourced by Lanco power from Dongfang Electric Company (China). Machinery for UPRVUNL'S Anpara D (2 units of 500 MW Each) is sourced from BHEL. The coal to all these units is fed from Kharia, Kakri, and Beena open coal mines of NCL by company-owned freight trains, a merry-go-round system maintained by UPRVUNL and previously on roads by dumpers.

Capacity

In year 2007, Anpara C was allotted to be constructed in PPP sector domain. The new 2 × 600MW power plant made under PPP By

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. On 13 November 2019, there was a blast in Anpara D due to accidental leakage of hydrogen gas from the generator of a 500 MW unit, putting two 500 MW units out of operation. The blast was so intense and severe that the generator of one of the units simply turned into pieces, and four assistant engineers who were in control room suffered splinter and burn injuries.

References

External links

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