Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant

Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited

Thermal power station Primary fuelCoalPower generationNameplate capacity1080 MW

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Bhadradri Thermal Power Station is a proposed power plant project located near Edulla Bayyaram at Manuguru in the Indian state of Telangana.^[1]

History

Chief Minister of Telangana Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao laid down foundation stone for this project on 28 March 2015. The project started to help resolve the power crisis in Telangana.^[2] TS Govt is planning to make this plant operational within three years. Plant construction is by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

MoEF gave environment clearance to the project on 15 March 2017^[3] and BHEL started EPC works on war footing to complete the first Unit by 2019. The first unit was synchronised on 19 September 2019, full load was achieved on 20 March 2020 and the trial run completed on 5 June 2020.

Capacity

Unit	Capacity (In MW)	Date of Commissioning	status
1	270	09 Jun 2020	Commissioned^[4]
2	270	Dec 2020 planned	Under Erection
3	270	28 March 2021	COD completed
4	270	Dec 2020 planned	Under Erection

References

^ Chandrashekhar, B. (9 January 2022). "TSGenco completes BTPS with commercial operation of fourth unit". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ Kumar, V. Rishi (24 January 2018). "Telangana CM lays foundation for Manuguru thermal power plant". Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "4x270 MW (1080 MW) Coal based Bhadradri Thermal Power Station (BTPS)" (PDF). environmentclearance.nic.in. 15 March 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2024.
^ "BHEL commissions 270 MW thermal unit at Bhadradri Thermal Power Project". Business Standard India. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023.