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{{Short description|Coal-fired power station in West Bengal, India}}
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{{Infobox power station
| name                = Kolaghat Thermal Power Station
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| image               = Kolaghat Thermal Power Station - WBPDCL - East Midnapore 2015-05-01 8581.JPG
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| coordinates = {{coord|22|24|56|N|87|52|12|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| country             = India
| location            = [[Mecheda]], [[Medinipur district|Medinipur]], [[West Bengal]]
| status              = O
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| commissioned        = 1984
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| operator            = [[West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited]]
| th_fuel_primary     = [[Coal]]
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| ps_units_operational= 6 X 210 [[Megawatt|MW]]
| ps_units_manu_model = [[Bharat Heavy Electricals|BHEL]]<br />[[Siemens]]
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| th_combined_cycle   = 
| ps_electrical_capacity= 1.26 [[Gigawatt|GW]]
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'''Kolaghat Thermal Power Station''' is a major [[thermal power station]] in [[West Bengal]]. It is located at [[Mecheda]], approx. 55&nbsp;km from [[Kolkata]] in the [[Purba Medinipur district]]. The power plant is operated by [[West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited]] ([https://wbpdcl.co.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/PDCL/FINAL/Pages/Home.html WBPDCL])

The power plant has six units of 210 MW, each for a total capacity of '''1260 MW'''. The units were commissioned in two stages during the period of 1984 to 1995.

==Installed capacity==
Following is the unit wise capacity of the plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbpdcl.co.in/component/content/article/14-sample-data-articles/90-generatingunits-kolaghat-overview.html|title=Kolaghat Thermal Power Station|access-date=11 March 2013|archive-date=6 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206175637/http://wbpdcl.co.in/component/content/article/14-sample-data-articles/90-generatingunits-kolaghat-overview.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status
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| I || 1 || 210  || September 1990 || Demolished
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| I || 2 || 210  || March 1986 || Demolished
|-
| I || 3 || 210  || October 1984 || Operational
|-
| II || 4 || 210  || April 1995 || Operational
|-
| II || 5 || 210  || May 1991 || Operational
|-
| II || 6 || 210  || January 1994 || Operational
|-
|}
== Demolition ==
In a significant move to address long-standing pollution concerns, two chimneys at the Kolaghat Thermal Power Station were demolished on April 13, 2025. The controlled implosions marked a pivotal step in the plant's environmental mitigation efforts, though the future operational status of remaining units remains unclear at this stage.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ananda | first=ABP | title=দূষণের জের, কোলাঘাটে ভেঙে ফেলা হল তাপবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্রের ২টি চিমনি | website=Bengali News, Bangla News, Breaking News in Bangla, Latest Bangla News, বাংলা খবর, বাংলার আজকের খবর, ABP Bengali, এবিপি আনন্দ - ABP Ananda | date=2025-04-13 | url=https://bengali.abplive.com/district/east-midnapore-kolaghat-thermal-power-station-2-chimneys-were-demolished-1130199 | language=bn | access-date=2025-06-19}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Energy|India}}
* [[Kolaghat]]
* [[Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station]]
* [[Santaldih Thermal Power Station]]

== References ==
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{{Electricity generation|state=collapsed}}2.{{Power stations of West Bengal |state=collapsed}}

[https://wbpdcl.co.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/PDCL/FINAL/Pages/kolaghat-thermal-power-station.html WBPDCL]

[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1990]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]


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