Ukai Thermal Power Station of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, India, is a power station with an installed capacity of 1,110 MW. It is one of Gujarat's major coal-fired power plants, located on the bank of the Tapi river.
Power plant Ukai Thermal Power Station is located on the banks of the Tapi because of the water resources, along with the hydroelectric power plant with the same name. Ukai TPS Unit-1 is the first power station unit in India with a capacity more than 100 MW.
Installed capacity Stage Unit number Installed capacity (MW) Date of commissioning Status Stage I 1 120 March 1976 Retired from service Stage I 2 120 June, 1976 Retired from service Stage I 3 200 January 1979 Running Stage I 4 200 September, 1979 Running Stage I 5 210 January 1985 RunningStage I65002013Running Unit 7 plan start 2028
Unit 8 plant start 2030
Ukai TPS unit-6 was first unit in GSECL having a capacity more than 500 MW.
Transport It is on the Jalgaon-Surat branch line of Western Railway. Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal. For example, the Ukai Thermal Power Station consumed 3,200,000 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.
See also
Gandhinagar Thermal Power Station Wanakbori Thermal Power Station Sikka Thermal Power Station Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station Kutch Thermal Power Station Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited
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