Thermal Power Station In India

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Thermal Power Station

1.    Coal based thermal power stations produce nearly 70% of the electricity produced in             India and are located at:

• Durgapur, Farakka, Bandel, Santaldih, Titagarh and Kolaghat in West Bengal,
• Bokaro, Patratu and Chandrapura in Jharkhand,
• Talcher in Orissa,
• Korba and Amarkantak in Chhatisgarh,
• Satpura and Singarauli in Madhya Pradesh,
• Panki, Obra and Harduarganj in Uttar Pradesh,
• Badarpur in Delhi,
• Ukai and Gandhinagar in Gujarat,
• Nasik and Bhuswal in Maharashtra, and,
• Neyveli in Tamil Nadu.

2. Mineral oil and natural gas based power stations produce only 2% of the electricity produced in India. These are located at:

• Naharkatiya and Digboi in Assam,
• Barauni in Bihar,
• Dhubran in Gujarat,
• Trombay in Maharashtra,
• Haldia and Kolkata in West Bengal.

Thermal power plants are also located at Bakreswar in West Bengal and Ramagundam in Andhra Pradesh.