Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Majhiyan and Ankorha villages in Nabinagar taluk in Aurangabad district, Bihar.It was conceptualised in 1989 by the then Chief Minister of Bihar S N Sinha who sent the proposal to set up a NTPC's super thermal power project at Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district to then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi; but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it. In 2007, Manmohan Singh's government finally put a stamp of approval on it. power plant is owned by the Nabinagar Power Generating Company a 50:50 joint venture between NTPC Limited and Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited. The Nabinagar plant will have capacity of 1980 MW( 660MW X 3).
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Capacity
The planned capacity of the power plant in 1980 MW (3x660 MW).
Future expansion
There is a plan to add three units of 660 MW each at the site in future.