Kothagudem Thermal Power Station

Kothagudem Thermal Power Station is located at Palwancha in Telangana, India. The power plant has an installed capacity of 1,800 MW with 4 units in operation.^[1] It is one of the coal based power plants of Telangana Power Generation Corporation (TGGENCO)

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
Stage I	1	60	04-07-1966	Shut down permanently
Stage I	2	60	27-11-1966	Shut down permanently
Stage II	3	60	27-05-1967	shut down permanently
Stage II	4	60	08-07-1967	Shut down permanently
Stage III	5	120	13-08-1974	Shut down permanently
Stage III	6	120	19-12-1974	Shut down permanently
Stage IV	7	120	10-03-1977	Shut down permanently
Stage IV	8	120	10-01-1978	Shut down permanently
Stage V	9	250	27-03-1997	Running
Stage V	10	250	28-02-1998	Running
Stage VI	11	500	26-06-2011	Running
Stage VII	12	800	19-05-2018 [2]	Running.

Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
Far view of Kothagudem Thermal Power station at Paloncha
Location of the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
Country	India
Location	Paloncha, Khammam, Telangana
Coordinates	17.62°N 80.69°E / 17.62; 80.69
Status	Operational
Commission date	Unit 1: 4 July 1966 Unit 2: 27 November 1966 Unit 3: 27 May 1967 Unit 4: 8 July 1967 Unit 5: 13 August 1974 Unit 6:19 December 1974 Unit 7: 10 March 1977 Unit 8: 10 January 1978 Unit 9: 27 March 1997 Unit 10: 28 February 1998 Unit 11: 26 June 2011 Unit 12: 19 May 2018
Operator	Telangana Power Generation Corporation (TGGENCO)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Units operational	2 X 250 MW 1 X 500 MW 1 X 800 MW
Nameplate capacity	1,800 MW
External links
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In January 2012, it was reported that the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to build additional unit with capacity of 800 MW.^[1]

References

1. "AP to increase capacity in 3 power plants". Industry Monitor Energy. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. Kumar, V. Rishi (1 July 2018). "800 MW Kothagudem thermal power station begins trial generation". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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