Country India Commission date 1966 Units operational 350.00 MW | Status Operational Primary fuel coal-fired Phone 073192 75895 | |
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Location Durgapur, Burdwan, West Bengal Address DVC DTPS Colony, Durgapur, Bardhaman, West Bengal 713215 Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours Owner Damodar Valley Corporation | ||
Durgapur Thermal Power Station is located near Waria Railway Station, 5 km from Durgapur city in West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.
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Power plant
DTPS was set up in the sixties of last century with two 75 MW units and one 140 MW unit in the first stage. Another 210 MW unit was added to the plant in the early eighties to augment supplies to the growing industrial demand. The first 2 units of the Station had to be de-commissioned after a fire accident in 1985.
Installed capacity
U#3 has ABL make boilers and GE make turbine-generators, while U#4 has boiler, turbine and generator are of BHEL make.
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