The Singareni Thermal Power Plant (STPP) is a coal-fired power station in Pegadapalli, a village in

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Mancherial district Mancherial district is a district located in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The district comprises 18 mandals and two revenue divisions – Mancherial and Bellampalle, Bellampalli. The district headquarters is located at M ...

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. The power plant has an installed capacity of 1200 MW, consisting of two 600 MW units, and is operated by the

Singareni Collieries Company The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) is a Government-owned corporation, government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Government of Telangana, Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Uni ...

History

Coal mining

(SCCL), a government-owned coal mining company, was established in 1920 under the Hyderabad Companies Act. The company is jointly owned by the

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(51%) and the

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(49%). It was named after the village of

Singareni Singareni is a village located in Khammam district, Telangana, India. Coal reserves in Telangana were found first in Singareni. There is a railway line from Singareni that meets the Manuguru-Dornakal railway at Karepalli junction. Transport S ...

in the

Bhadradri Kothagudem district Bhadradri Kothagudem district is a district in the east of the Indian state of Telangana. Kothagudem is the district headquarters. It is the largest district in Telangana, with an area of 7483 km2. It borders the districts Khammam, Mahabub ...

State. In the year 1871, the state's first coal reserves were discovered in Singareni village near

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by Dr. William King of the geological Survey of India during the British era. In 1889 Hyderabad Deccan company Limited incorporated in England and stocks were traded in London Stock Exchange and coal mining started. On 23 December 1920 coal mining operations transferred to the new company and renamed as Singareni Collieries Company Limited and the day is celebrated as Singareni day in the company every year. In 1945 Nizam of Hyderabad took over, thus singareni became first government managed company. In 1960 Government of India participated with 49% equity. SCCL now operates 18

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mines and 29 underground mines across 5 Telangana districts: Bhadradri Kothagudem,

Khammam Khammam is the city in Khammam district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the headquarters of the Khammam district and Khammam Tehsil, mandal also. It is located about east of the state capital ...

, Jayashankar Bhupalpally,

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, Mancheriyal and

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. The Company produced 61.34 Million Tonnes (MT) of the coal in the year 2016-17 and 62.01 MT in the year 2017–18. SCCL purchases about 60 MU (Million units) power from the state distribution companies. N. Sridhar, Singareni Collieries Chairman and managing director expects STPP to bring down the deficit in power generation in Telangana State. Under his leadership Sanjay Kumar Sur, executive director (Power Projects) is currently leading the power plant operations and future expansion.

Thermal power plant

While SCCL had an extensive background in coal mining, the company decided to enter the power industry as part of the new Bangaru Telangana initiative. This decision made SCCL the first Indian coal PSU to make a large-scale entrance into the power generation industry. SCCL began the Singareni power plant project, to consist of two 600 MW units, on 11 November 2011 at

, Mancherial District.

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 ...

was contracted to handle erection and commissioning for the project. Contracts for the Boiler Turbine Generator (BTG) and the Balance of Plant (BOP) were granted to

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian Public Sector Undertakings in India, central public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned electrical/ industrial technology company. It is owned by the Government of Indi ...

and McNally Bharat Engineering Company Limited, Kolkata, respectively. Power plant synchronisation was completed on 13 March 2016 for Unit 1 and on 1 September 2016 for Unit 2. Stage I of the power plant project was completed with Unit 1 being commissioned on 25 September 2016 and Unit 2 on 2 December 2016. The power plant was dedicated to nation by Prime Minister

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on 7 August 2016. PV Solar Plant STPP Established 10 MW Solar PV cell power plant and it is now in operartion, STPP is also planning to establish Floating Solar Power Plant of 15 MW capacity on its Reservoir.

Future Expansion

SCCL is planning on expanding the power plant with a third 800 MW unit as part of a Stage II. SCCL has separate 127.31 hectares of land adjacent to the same existing plant for 800 MW and estimated cost of the project is Rs.5879.62 Crore. MoEF has given clearance for the project on 18 December 2019.

References

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Mancherial district Coal-fired power stations in Telangana 2016 establishments in Telangana