Sipat Thermal Power Station

Sipat Super Thermal Power Plant
Country	India
Location	Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
Coordinates	22.1316°N 82.2920°E / 22.1316; 82.2920
Status	Operational
Owner	National Thermal Power Corporation
Operator	NTPC Limited
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	2,980 MW
External links
Website	www.ntpc.co.in/power-generation/coal-based-power-stations/sipat
Commons	Related media on Commons

Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located at Sipat in Bilaspur district in state of Chhattisgarh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Dipika Mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited.

The project has an installed capacity of 2980 MW consisting of two stages, stage one which got commissioned late was of 3 units of 660 MW each involving super-critical boilers technology and stage two consisted of 2 units of 500 MW each. PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Sipat Thermal Power Plant on September 20, 2013.

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
1st	1	660	2011 June	Running
1st	2	660	2011 December	Running
1st	3	660	2012 June	Running
2nd	4	500	2007 May	Running
2nd	5	500	2008 August	Running
Total	Five	2980

Transport

Sipat Super Thermal Power Station is located off the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line.

External links

• Media related to Sipat Thermal Power Station at Wikimedia Commons