Karchana Thermal Power Station

Karchana Thermal Power Station is a proposed coal-based thermal power plant located in Bara Tehsil in Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The power plant will be owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. Earlier the plant was supposed to be owned and operated by Sangam Power Generation Company, a subsidiary of the Jaypee Group but it backed-out due to land acquisition related issues. ^[1]

This power plant is coming up at a site adjacent to another upcoming power project Bara Thermal Power Station which is owned by Prayagraj Power Generation, a subsidiary of the Jaypee Group.

Status updates

May 2015: State government wants central govt to convert the Karchana power project into central government owned 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP). ^[2]

Capacity

The planned capacity of the power plant in 1320 MW (2x660 MW).

Stage	Unit Number	Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning
1st	1	1000	Plan approved in July 2014.
1st	2	1000

References

Power stations and organizations of Uttar Pradesh

Power Stations	Anpara Thermal Power Station Bara Thermal Power Station Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant Ghatampur Thermal Power Station Karchana Thermal Power Station Harduaganj Thermal Power Station Lalitpur Thermal Power Station Meja Thermal Power Station Narora Atomic Power Station NTPC Auraiya NTPC Dadri NTPC Tanda Obra Thermal Power Station Panki Thermal Power Station Parichha Thermal Power Station Renusagar Power Plant Rihand Thermal Power Station Rosa Thermal Power Plant Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

Organizations	National Thermal Power Corporation Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Nuclear Power Corporation of India PowerGrid Corporation of India Power System Operation Corporation Limited

Related topics	Electricity sector in India States of India by installed power capacity Indian states ranking by households having electricity

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