Barh Super Thermal Power Station
Barh Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Barh is located in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar.
NTPC Barh is located barely four kilometres east of the Barh sub-division on National Highway-31 in Patna district. The project has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company National Thermal Power Corporation.
The project has been contested as it is nearby Himalayan Range and needs stricter anti-pollution controls.
The 1,320MW Barh Stage-2 built by BHEL is operational while 1,980MW Barh Stage-1 is being built by Russian firm Technopromexport.
Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh.
The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of 1,186 acres. The legal possession of 1,186 acres of land has been acquired for setting up the main power plant and its township which includes 12 villages.
The then PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had laid the foundation stone of the main plant of stage-1 of NTPC Barh on March 6, 1999. The formal inauguration of its site office and laying of the foundation stone of the training centre at the plant site was done in September 2003.
Project Cost
The plant is to produce 3,300MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore.The total approved cost of stage-1 has Rs 8,692.97 crore. The total approved cost of stage-2 plant is Rs 7,688.12 crore.
Capacity
Unit-1 of stage-2 commissioned in November 2013. Unit-2 of stage-2 commissioned in March 2015. The first unit of NTPC Barh is expected to start generation from December 2019 instead of the scheduled August 2020, while the second and third units of stage-I will be made operational in December 2020 and August 2021, respectively.Inland Waterways Authority of India received bids in 2013 September for coal movement on 1620 km National Waterway 1 from Haldia to NTPC's Barh which is about 1000 km away.
| Stage | Unit Number | Capacity | EPC Contractor | Date of Commissioning | Status |
| 1st | 1 | 660 | Technopromexport | To start from December 2019. Delayed as Technoproexport is saying it has entered a loss-making contract and is asking for $570 million before it can fulfil its obligation to which NTPC objected. | |
| 1st | 2 | 660 | Technopromexport | To start from December 2020. Delayed | |
| 1st | 3 | 660 | Technopromexport | To start from August 2021.Delayed | |
| 2nd | 4 | 660 | Bharat Heavy Electricals | 2013 November | Running |
| 2nd | 5 | 660 | Bharat Heavy Electricals | 2015 March | Running |
| Total | Five | 3300 |