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'''Anpara Thermal Power Station''' is located at Anpara in [[Sonbhadra district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], about {{convert|180|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Varanasi]] on the [[Varanasi]] - [[Shakti Nagar]] route. It has a total power-generation capacity of 3850 MW using 9 units.

== Operations ==
There are in total nine operational units, all of which are [[coal]]-fired thermal power stations. The machinery for the UPRVUNL's Anpara A ( 3 units of 210MW each) are from [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]]. UPRVUNL'S Anpara B (two units of 500 mW each) from [[Toshiba Corporation]], [[Japan]]. Machinery for Anpara C were sourced by Lanco power from Dongfang Electric Company (China). Machinery for UPRVUNL'S Anpara D (2 units of 500 MW Each) is sourced from BHEL.

The coal to all these units is fed from [[Kharia (Uttar Pradesh)|Kharia]], [[Kakri]] and [[Beena (Uttar Pradesh)|Beena]] open coal mines of NCL by company owned freight trains, a merry go round system maintained by [[UPRVUNL]] and previously on roads by Dumpers.

== Capacity ==

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status !! Remarks
|-
| Anpara A || 1 || 210 || 2015 January || Running || owned by [[Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam|UPRVUNL]]
|-
| Anpara A || 2 || 210 || 1987 August || Running || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
| Anpara A || 3 || 210 || 1989 March || Running || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
| Anpara B || 4 || 500 || 1994 March || Running || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
| Anpara B || 5 || 500 || 1994 October || Running || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
| Anpara C || 6 || 600 || 2011 December || Running || owned by [[Lanco Infratech]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lancogroup.com/DynTestform.aspx?pageid%3D21 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319133015/http://www.lancogroup.com/DynTestform.aspx?pageid=21 |archivedate=2014-03-19 }}</ref>
|-
| Anpara C || 7 || 600 || 2012 January || Running || owned by Lanco Infratech
|-
| Anpara D || 8 || 500 || 2015 June<ref>[http://cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/broadstatus/2015/broad_status-11.pdf CEA report]</ref> || Running || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
| Anpara D || 9 || 500 || 2016 March <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-03-10/news/71382271_1_power-plant-ash-pond-power-equipment-maker|title=Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News}}</ref>|| Out of generation because of recent accident || owned by UPRVUNL
|-
|}

In year 2007 Anpara C was allotted to be constructed in PPP sector domain. The new 2x600MW power plant made under PPP By [[Lanco Infratech]]. On 13 November 2019 there was a blast in Anpara D due to accidental leakage of hydrogen gas from the generator of 500 MW unit and made two 500 MW units out of operation. The blast was so intense and severe that the generator of one of the unit simply turned into pieces and four assistant engineers who were in control room suffered splinter and burn injuries.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|India|Energy}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081113110616/http://www.uprvunl.org/anpara.htm uprvunl.org]
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Uttar_Pradesh_and_coal Uttar Pradesh and coal] at [[SourceWatch]] (for a listing of Anapara power stations)

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[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sonbhadra district]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
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