Farakka Super Thermal Power Station
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Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in West Bengal
. The power plant is one of the Coal
based power plants of NTPC
.The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. The power plant is one of the Coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
based power plants of NTPC
National Thermal Power Corporation
NTPC Limited is the largest Indian state-owned energy service provider based in New Delhi, India. It is listed in Forbes Global 2000 for 2010 ranked it 341st in the world...
.The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.
| Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1 | 200 | January, 1986 |
| First | 2 | 200 | December, 1986 |
| First | 3 | 200 | August, 1987 |
| Second | 4 | 500 | September, 1992 |
| Second | 5 | 500 | February, 1994 |
| Total | Five | 1600 |