Tanda thermal power plant


Tanda Thermal Power Station is located in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from North Karnpura Coal Fields. Source of water for the power plant is from Tanda Pump Canal on Saryu River.
In the year 2000, Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board transferred Tanda Thermal Power Plant to NTPC Limited against payment overdue. After acquisition of this plant, because of the better maintenance by NTPC Limited, this power plant has crossed its Plant Load Factor to more than 100%.

Installed capacity

Stage-I and present installed capacity are listed below:
Unit NumberInstalled Capacity Date of CommissioningStatus
1110Running
2110Running
3110Running
4110Running

For Stage-II, NTPC Limited has installed two new units of 660 MWs each.
Unit NumberCommissioned Capacity Date of CommissioningStatus
5660Oct-2019Running
6660Running

Stage-I : 4x110 MWs = 440 MWs
Stage-II : 660 MW + 660MW = 1320 MW
Total Power Generation : 1760 MWs