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{{Infobox power station<br />
| name = Bhusawal Thermal Power Station<br />
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| country = India<br />
| location = [[Bhusawal]], [[Jalgaon]] (district), [[Maharashtra]] (state). <br />
| status = <br />
| operator = [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited|Mahagenco]]<br />
| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]<br />
| th_fuel_tertiary = <br />
| ps_units_operational = 3<br />
| ps_electrical_capacity = 1210.00 MW <br />
| commissioned = 1968<br />
| website = {{url|http://www.bhusawaltps.in/}}<br />
| extra = Source: {{url|http://mahagenco.in/}}<br />
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| location_map_caption = Location within Maharashtra<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21.0438|75.8466|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Bhusawal Thermal Power Station''' is located 8&nbsp;km away from [[Bhusawal]] city of [[Jalgaon district]] in [[Maharashtra]].The name of place where it is located is Deepnagar, which means City of Lights. The power plant is a coal based power plants of [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited|Mahagenco]].<br />
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==Plant==<br />
Bhusawal thermal power station has an installed capacity of 1210 MW.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhusawaltps.in/about.html|title=Bhusawal Thermal Power Plant|publisher=Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908212331/http://www.bhusawaltps.in/about.html|archivedate=2010-09-08}}</ref> The first unit was commissioned in 1968. [[Mahagenco]] has further contracted [[BHEL]] for setting up of sixth unit of rated capacity 660 MW.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultra.news/t-t/36661/bhel-wins-rs-2800-cr-order-mahagenco/|title=BHEL wins Rs 2,800 cr order from MAHAGENCO|date=17 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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{| class="sortable wikitable"<br />
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status<br />
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| Stage I || 1 || 62.5 || 1968 July|| Closed<br />
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| Stage II || 2 || 210 || 1979 August|| Retired<br />
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| Stage II || 3 || 210 || 1982 September || Running<br />
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| Stage III || 4 || 500 || 2012 November || Running<br />
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| Stage III || 5 || 500 || 2014 January || Running <br />
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| Stage IV || 6 || 660 || || Planned<br />
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|}<br />
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==Supply==<br />
Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TypicalCoalFiredPowerPlant.pdf | title = Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station | accessdate = 21 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140211074958/http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TypicalCoalFiredPowerPlant.pdf | archive-date = 11 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> For example, the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station consumed 2,400,000 tonnes of coal in 2006–07.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | title = Coal supply to various power stations | accessdate = 21 April 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090331/http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | archivedate = 31 May 2014 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.miningweekly.com/article/indian-railways-cil-to-collaborate-for-additional-coal-transport-capacity-2013-02-14 |title = Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity| publisher= Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013| accessdate = 21 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bhusawal_Thermal_Power_Station Bhusawal Thermal Power Station] at [[SourceWatch]]<br />
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