Country India Status Operational | Location Ukai, Tapi, Gujarat Primary fuel Coal-fired | |
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Commission date Unit 1: March 1976
Unit 2: June 1976
Unit 3: January 1979
Unit 4: September 1979 Units operational 2 X 120 MW
2 X 200 MW
1 X 210 MW Operator Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited Similar Ukai Dam, Gandhinagar Thermal Power St, Wanakbori Thermal Power St, Obra Thermal Power St, Anpara Thermal Power St | ||
Ukai Thermal Power Station of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, India, is a power station with an installed capacity of 850 MW. It is one of Gujarat's major coal-fired power plants, located on the bank of the Tapi river.
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Power plant
Ukai Thermal Power Station is located on the banks of the Tapi because of the water resources, along with the hydroelectric power plant with the same name. Ukai TPS Unit-1 is the first power station unit in India with a capacity more than 100 MW.
Installed capacity
Ukai TPS unit-6 was first unit in GSECL having a capacity more than 500 MW.
Transport
It is on the Jalgaon-Surat branch line of Western Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal. For example, the Ukai Thermal Power Station consumed 3,200,000 tonnes of coal in 2006-07. Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways.