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Mettur Thermal Power Station

Power station in Tamil Nadu, India

Field	Value
name	Mettur Thermal Power system
location_map_caption	Location of the Mettur Thermal Power Station in Tamil Nadu
coordinates
country	India
location	Salem, Tamil Nadu
status	O
commissioned	Unit 1: 7 January 1987
Unit 2: 1 December 1987
Unit 3: 22 March 1989
Unit 4: 27 March 1990
Unit 5: 12 October 2013
operator	Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited
th_fuel_primary	Bituminous coal
ps_units_operational	4 x 210 MW, 1 x 600 MW
ps_electrical_capacity	1,440 MW

Unit 2: 1 December 1987 Unit 3: 22 March 1989 Unit 4: 27 March 1990 Unit 5: 12 October 2013 The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located in [Thoppur-Mettur Dam-Bhavani-Erode Rd, Mettur, Tamil Nadu 636406] Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It is operated by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited. The power station was commissioned during various periods from 1987 and this is the first inland thermal Power Station of TANGEDCO.The coal from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (Talcher and Ib Valley) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (Raniganj and Mugma) are transported to the load ports of Paradip (Orissa), Vizag (Andhra Pradesh) and Haldia (West Bengal). Thereafter the coal is transported to the discharge ports of Ennore and Tuticorin by ships. From Ennore Port the coal is transported again through rail to Ennore Thermal Power Station and Mettur Thermal Power Station.

BGR Energy Systems Ltd was the EPC contractor for 600 MW unit 5 of the power plant.

Plants

Unit	cost in Crores Rs	Continuous running in days	Capacity(M.W)	Date of
I	384.30	227 days	210	7 January 1987
II	384.30	205 days	210	12 January 1987
III	351.76	272 days	210	22 March 1989
IV	351.76	311 days	210	27 March 1990
V	398.00	193 days	600	12 October 2013

References

Thermal, Power Station. "tangedco".
"home page".
[https://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/MTPP_English%2017.10.17.pdf tangedco.gov Mettur Thermal Power Station- Stage-III]

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