Bhusawal Thermal Power Station

Bhusawal Thermal Power Station
Location within Maharashtra
Country	India
Location	Bhusawal, Jalgaon (discrict), Maharashtra (state).
Coordinates	21°02′38″N 75°50′48″E / 21.0438°N 75.8466°E / 21.0438; 75.8466Coordinates: 21°02′38″N 75°50′48″E / 21.0438°N 75.8466°E / 21.0438; 75.8466
Status	active
Commission date	1968
Operator(s)	Mahagenco
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal-fired
Power generation
Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	1420.00 MW
Website www.bhusawaltps.in
Source: mahagenco.in

Bhusawal Thermal Power Plant is located 8 km away from Bhusawal city of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of Mahagenco.

Plant

After establishment of Maharastra state in 1960, the government of Maharashtra gave priorities to power sector. And thereafter the locations were decided for the new power plants on the basis of site survey. Bhusawal has given an exceptional privilege as it fulfills the basic requirements for power plant. Bhusawal Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 1420 MW.^[1] The first unit was commissioned in 1968.

Capacity

Transport

it transports to gujarat.It is on the Nagpur-Bhusawal and Bhusawal-Kalyan sections of Central Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.^[2] For example, the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station consumed 2,400,000 tonnes of coal in 2006-07.^[3] 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.^[4]

References

External links

• Bhusawal Thermal Power Station at SourceWatch