Country India Status Operational Phone 091592 11002 | Location Salem, Tamil Nadu Primary fuel Bituminous coal | |
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Commission date Unit 1: 7 January 1987
Unit 2: 1 December 1987
Unit 3: 22 March 1989
Unit 4: 27 March 1990
Unit 5: 28 November 2012 Operator(s) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited Address SH 20, Mettur, Tamil Nadu 636406 Similar North Chennai Thermal, Mettur Dam, Obra Thermal Power St, Anpara Thermal Power St, Ukai Thermal Power St | ||
Maintenance work at mettur thermal power station
The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located in 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.