Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Station is Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

's first super thermal power station. It is located 27 km away from Suratgarh

Suratgarh

For tehil see Suratgarh tehsil Suratgarh is a city and a municipality in Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.-Geography:Suratgarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 168 metres  feet-Demographics:...

 town in Ganganagar

Ganganagar

Sri Ganganagar , also called Ganganagar , is the northernmost city of Rajasthan in western India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ganganagar District.-History:...

 district.

Power plant

The performance of Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Station has been exemplary right from the beginning of the first unit. The power plant has 6 units of 250MW each.
Received Gold shield on 24.08.04 from Hon'ble President for consistently outstanding performance during 2000-2004.
Received Bronze shield from Hon' Prime Minisr for outstanding performance 05-06..

Installed capacity

Following is the unit wise capacity of the plant..

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Comisioning	Status
Stage I	1	250	May, 1998	Running
Stage I	2	250	March, 2000	Running
Stage II	3	250	October, 2001	Running
Stage II	4	250	March, 2002	Running
Stage III	5	250	June, 2003	Running
Stage IV	6	250	March, 2009	Running

See also

• Kota Super Thermal Power Plant
  Kota Super Thermal Power Plant
  Kota Thermal Power Plant is Rajasthan's first major Coal fired Power plant. It is located on the left bank of Chambal river near Kota.-Power plant:...
  
  
• Giral Lignite Power Plant
  Giral Lignite Power Plant
  Giral Thermal Power Plant is the Lignite fired power plant of RVUNL.It is located on Tumbli village near Giral in Barmer district of Rajasthan.-Power plant:...
  
  
• Chhabra Thermal Power Plant
  Chhabra Thermal Power Plant
  Chhabra Thermal Power Plant is Rajasthan's one of coal fired power plants. It is located at Chowki Motipura of Thesil Chhabra in Rajasthan's Baran district..The planned capacity of power plant is 2650MW at the end of 12th Five year plan-Power plant:...