JSW Vijayanagar Power Station is a coal-based thermal power plant located in Toranagallu village in

Bellary district Bellary, officially known as Ballari (pronounced ), is a major district in Karnataka. It is located at north-eastern part of Karnataka. This district belongs to Kalyana-Karnataka. This district was one of the biggest districts in Karnataka un ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

. The power plant is operated by the

JSW Energy Limited JSW Energy Limited is an Indian power company engaged in power generation, transmission and trading. It is part of JSW Group. In 2015, JSW Energy acquired two of Jaypee Group's hydropower plants, with a combined capacity of 1,391 MW, for 9,700 c ...

. The coal for the plant is imported.

Capacity

It has an installed capacity of 1460 MW (2x130, 4x300 MW). The first two units of 130 MW each became operational in year 2000 and other two units of 300 MW each became operational in year 2009.Two more units were set up later as CPP each 300 MW became operational in year 2012 to meet the energy requirement of JSW steel limited.

References

{{JSW Group Coal-fired power stations in Karnataka Buildings and structures in Bellary district JSW Energy Energy infrastructure completed in 2000 2000 establishments in Karnataka 20th-century architecture in India