Mundra Thermal Power Station is located at Mundra in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Adani Power. The coal for the power plant is imported primarily from Bunyu, Indonesia. Source of water for the power plant is sea water from the Gulf of Kutch.
It is the world's 11th-largest single location coal-based thermal power plant as well as India's second largest operational power plant after NTPC Vindhyanchal.
Capacity The plant has nine power generating units, unit# 5 to 9 involves super-critical boiler technology.
In July 2012 Adani Power have requested Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the power tariff due to increase in price of coal imported from Indonesia.
Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning 1st 1 330 2009 May 1st 2 330 2010 2nd 3 330 2010 July 2nd 4 330 2010 Nov 3rd 5 660 2010 December 3rd 6 660 2011 June 4th 7 660 2011 October 4th 8 660 2012 4th 9 660 2012 March Total Nine 4620
See also
Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project owned by Tata Power Mundra Port
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