JSW Barmer Power Station is a coal-based

thermal power plant A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...

located in Bhadresh village in

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, India. The power plant is operated by the company JSW Energy Limited. The coal for the plant is sourced from Kapurdi and Jalipa mines. Water for the power plant is sourced from

Indira Gandhi Canal The Indira Gandhi Canal (originally, Rajasthan Canal) project, with total length of to depending on how the length is calculated which either way includes the length of the Rajasthan Feeder Canal and the downstream length of main Indira Gan ...

by constructing a 185 km pipeline.

Capacity

It has an installed capacity of 1080 MW (8x135 MW). The plant became fully operational in 2013.

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