Bhusawal Thermal Power Station


Bhusawal Thermal Power Station is located 8 km away from Bhusawal city of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.The name of place where it is located is Deepnagar, which means City of Lights. The power plant is a coal based power plants of Mahagenco.

Plant

Bhusawal thermal power station has an installed capacity of 1420 MW. The first unit was commissioned in 1968. Mahagenco has further contracted BHEL for setting up of sixth unit of rated capacity 660 MW.
StageUnit NumberInstalled Capacity Date of CommissioningStatus
Stage I162.51968 JulyClosed
Stage II22101979 AugustRetired
Stage II32101982 SeptemberRunning
Stage III45002012 NovemberRunning
Stage III55002014 JanuaryRunning
Stage IV6660Planned

Supply

Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal. For example, the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station consumed 2,400,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07. 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.