Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located at Khedar village near
Barwala in
Hisar district
Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of ...
of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
,
India
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. The power plant is one of the
coal
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Coal i ...
based power plants of
Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL).
The
Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was given to
Reliance Infrastructure.
Power plant
The work for a 1,200
MW coal
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Coal i ...
-fired power plant was awarded during 2007. The total estimated cost of the project is around
₹4,297
crore
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s. The cost of
₹3.19
crore
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per MW for this project is lowest among all the Thermal power plants in India. Both the units 2x600 MW were commissioned.
Installed capacity
See also
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Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station
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Panipat Thermal Power Station I
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Panipat Thermal Power Station II
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Faridabad Thermal Power Station
References
Coal-fired power stations in Haryana
Buildings and structures in Hisar district
Energy infrastructure completed in 2010
2010 establishments in Haryana
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