Rajghat Power Station is located at
NCT Delhi
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. 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
IPGCL.
Power plant
Rajghat Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 135 MW. The First unit was commissioned during 1989–90. Later the second unit was added. This power plant is one of two coal-fired power plants of
IPGCL, the other being Indraprastha power station which was closed due to ageing.
The water source for the plant is from
Yamuna
The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Low ...
river.
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 ...
source for the plant is from NCL and BINA mines.
Installed capacity
See also
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Pragati Power Station
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IPGCL Gas Turbine Power Station
References
Coal-fired power stations in Delhi
Government buildings in Delhi
1989 establishments in Delhi
Energy infrastructure completed in 1989
20th-century architecture in India
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