Country India Commission date 1 January 1974 Units operational 4 x 120 MW | Status Operational Primary fuel Coal | |
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Location Para (community development block), Purulia district, West Bengal Address S.T. Power Project Town, West Bengal 723146 Owner West Bengal Power Development Corporation Similar Balarambati railway station, Baikunthapur Forest, Kolaghat Thermal Power St, Bhojudih railway station, Sudamdih railway station | ||
From santaldih thermal power station to santaldih thermal power station township on bike
Santaldih Thermal Power Station (Bengali: সাঁওতালডিহ তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a power station with an installed capacity of 480 MW (4x120 MW).
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Location
Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at 23°35′53″N 86°28′26″E, at Santaldih, in Para (community development block) of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the Adra-Gomoh branch line of South-Eastern Railway, on the southern bank of Damodar River. There is a railway station at Santaldih on the Adra-Gomoh branch line.
Capacity
The installed capacity of Santaldih Thermal Power Station is 4 x 120 MW. The four units were commissioned as follows- Unit 1: 1.1.1974; Unit 2: 16.7.1975; Unit 3: 6.12.1978; Unit 4: 30.3.1981. STPS has expanded capacity by 2 x 250 MW . The previous units (1,2,3,4) are non functional now and they are demolished. Unit 6 & 7 are proposed to be installed in future.