Maithon Power Plant

Maithon Power Limited
Country	India
Location	Maithon, Jharkhand
Coordinates	23°49′13″N 86°45′36″E / 23.8203°N 86.76°E / 23.8203; 86.76
Status	Running
Operator(s)	Tata Power & Damodar Valley Corporation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	2 X 525 MW
Nameplate capacity	1050 MW
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Maithon Power Limited (MPL) is an electricity generation plant. It is a joint venture of Tata Power & Damodar Valley Corporation. The venture implemented 1050 MW (2X525 MW units) in Nirsa District Dhanbad in the Indian state of Jharkhand. This project is India’s first 525 MW unit thermal power plant using subcritical technology. It is a coal-based thermal power plant and the first PPP venture plant in the country. This project is India's first Public Private power project.^[1]

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Cities, towns and locations in the eastern portion of Dhanbad Sadar subdivision in Dhanbad district
M: Municipality, CT: Census town, N: Neighbourhood, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam, P: Power Plant
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

As per the bidding norms, the Project was designed to run on Indian coal. The Project is expected to benefit close to 16 million domestic consumers, apart from supplying cost competitive power to industry and agriculture.^{[citation needed]}

The Project will supply power to New Delhi, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Kerala as per the long term power purchase agreement. It will provide a competitive source of power and help meet these states’ growing demand for electricity. Power from the project will help improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing and services industries.^{[citation needed]}

Capacity

It has an installed capacity of 1050 MW.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Station at SourceWatch

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