Rihand Super Thermal Power Project is located at Renukut, Sonebhadra, in
Sonbhadra district
Sonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj.
Sonbhadra is also known as the "Energy Capital of India" f ...
in Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. The power plant is one of the
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal i ...
based power plants 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 ...
.
Power plant
Rihand Super Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 3,000 MW. The first unit was commissioned in March 1988. The
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal i ...
for the plant is derived from Amlori and Dudhichua mines. The water source is from
Rihand Reservoir on the
Son river
Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Biha ...
.
Installed capacity
NTPC Rihand is situated 75 km away from
Renukoot railway station. By personal cab or public transport bus, one can reach
Rihand Nagar. The local market outside NTPC township is
Bijpur.
See also
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Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station
Singrauli Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Shaktinagar in Sonebhadra district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is the first power plant of NTPC. It sources coal from Jayant and Bina mines and water from Rihand Reser ...
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Badarpur Thermal power plant
Badarpur Thermal Power Station was a Power Station located at Badarpur, Delhi, Badarpur area in National Capital Territory of Delhi, NCT Delhi. The power plant was one of the coal based power plants of National Thermal Power Corporation, NTPC. Th ...
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NTPC Dadri
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Feroj Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant
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Tanda Thermal Power Plant
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Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station
The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located in Singrauli district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. One of the coal-fired power stations of NTPC, it is the largest power station in India, and the 10th-largest coal-fired power station i ...
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Korba Super Thermal Power Plant
Korba Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Jamnipali in Korba district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The coal for the power plant is ...
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Sipat Thermal Power Plant
Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located at Sipat in Bilaspur district in state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Dipika Mines of South Eastern Coalf ...
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NTPC Ramagundam
NTPC Ramagundam, a part of National Thermal Power Corporation, is a 2,600 megawatt (MW) Super thermal power station situated at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district in Telangana, India. It is the current largest power station in South India. It i ...
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Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant
Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired power plant located in the outskirts of Visakhapatnam city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal fired power plants of NTPC, a Government of India enterpri ...
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Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station
Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station (KhSTPP)is located in Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Rajmahal coalfield of Eastern Coalf ...
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Talcher Thermal Power Station
Talcher Thermal Power station is located in Talcher sub-division of Angul district in the Indian state of Odisha Pin.759101. The existing plant was closed on 31 March 2021 with the plans to set up a new plant still in discussion phase. The power ...
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Vindhyanchal Thermal Power Station Madhya Pradesh
References
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Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh
Buildings and structures in Sonbhadra district
Renukoot
Energy infrastructure completed in 1988
1988 establishments in Uttar Pradesh