The NSPCL Bhilai Power Plant is a coal-fired captive power station at

Bhilai Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. Along with its twin-city Durg, the urban agglomeration of Durg-Bhilai Nagar has a population of more than a million, making it the second-larges ...

Durg district Durg district is a district situated in Chhattisgarh, India. The district headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of 2,238 km². As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Chhattisgarh (out of Districts of Chhattisgarh ...

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, India. The power station owned and operated by NSPCL is a 50:50 joint venture company of

NTPC Limited NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, who is engaged in the generation of electricit ...

and

SAIL A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may b ...

to generate power for captive purposes of various steel plants owned by SAIL.

Capacity

The project comprises two power plants named Bhilai Captive Power Plant a 74 MW (2x30 MW and 1x14 MW) and a new Bhilai Expansion Power Project a 500 MW (2x250 MW) The power left available after captive purposes is provided to other users in the Western region.

References

{{WikidataCoord Coal-fired power stations in Chhattisgarh Buildings and structures in Bhilai Year of establishment missing