Kolaghat Thermal Power Station is a major thermal power station in West Bengal . It is located at Mecheda , approx. 55 km from Kolkata in the Purba Medinipur district . The power plant is operated by West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL )
The power plant has six units of 210 MW, each for a total capacity of 1260 MW . The units were commissioned in two stages during the period of 1984 to 1995.
Installed capacity
Following is the unit wise capacity of the plant.[ 1]
Stage
Unit Number
Installed Capacity (MW )
Date of Commissioning
Status
I
1
210
September 1990
CLOSED
I
2
210
March 1986
CLOSED
I
3
210
October 1984
Operational
II
4
210
April 1995
Operational
II
5
210
May 1991
Operational
II
6
210
January 1994
Operational
See also
References
Concepts Sources
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Economics and policies
Statistics and production
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Power stations Organizations
Related topics
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