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{{Infobox power station<br />
| image = Current functioning units of CSTPS.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Current functioning units of CSTPS<br />
| name = Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station<br />
| country = India<br />
| location = [[Chandrapur]], [[Maharashtra]] (state)<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|20.004968|N|79.291334|E|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| status = O<br />
| operator = [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited]]<br />
| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]<br />
| th_fuel_tertiary = <br />
| ps_units_operational = 7<br />
| ps_electrical_capacity = 3340 MW<br />
| commissioned = 8 October 1983<br />
| website = <br />
| extra = Source: {{url|http://mahagenco.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station''' (often abbreviated as '''CSTPS''') is a [[thermal power plant]] located in [[Chandrapur district]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of [[Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited|MAHAGENCO]]. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Durgapur and Padmapur Collieries of [[Western Coalfields Limited]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chanda.nic.in/htmldocs/ctps.html|title=Chandrapur Thermal Power Station, A Giant In Power Generation|access-date=20 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525231932/http://chanda.nic.in/htmldocs/ctps.html|archive-date=25 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The plant was officially inaugurated by the Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] on 8 October 1984.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IleHyBDWbzEC&q=Chandrapur+Super+Thermal+Power+Station&pg=PA671|title=Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories|year=2006|isbn=9788178353722|access-date=20 April 2015|last1=Bhatt|first1=S. C.}}</ref><br />
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With the total capacity of 3340&nbsp;MW,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahagenco.in/index.php/generation|title=INSTALLED CAPACITY OF MAHAGENCO|publisher=MAHAGENCO|access-date=20 Sep 2015}}</ref> the plant is the largest power plant in the Maharashtra. It accounts for more than 25% of [[Maharashtra]]'s total needs.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} The plant gets water supply from [[Erai Dam]] when in normal conditions. In the summer of 2010 due to less water in Erai, the plant also got water supply from [[Chargaon Dam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-s-largest-thermal-power-plant-to-close-all-units-by-may-15-1368282|title=Maharashtra's largest thermal power plant to close all units by May 15|work=dna|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Capacity ==<br />
{| class="sortable wikitable"<br />
! Stage !! Unit number !! Installed capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of commissioning<br />
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| 1st || 1 || 210 || 1983 August<br />
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| 1st || 2 || 210 || 1984 July<br />
|-<br />
| 1st || 3 || 210 || 1985 May<br />
|-<br />
| 1st || 4 || 210 || 1986 March<br />
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| 2nd || 5 || 500 || 1991 March<br />
|-<br />
| 2nd || 6 || 500 || 1992 March<br />
|-<br />
| 2nd || 7 || 500 || 1997 October<br />
|-<br />
| 3rd || 8 || 500 || 2015 May <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/bhel-commissions-500-mw-power-unit-in-maharashtra_1587599.html|title = BHEL commissions 500 MW power unit in Maharashtra|date = 30 April 2015}}</ref><br />
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| 3rd || 9 || 500 || 2016 March<br />
|-<br />
|'''Total'''|| '''9''' || '''3340'''||<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery mode=packed><br />
File:Extra 2 units of CSTPS.jpg|New 2 units of CSTPS<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India|Energy}}<br />
* [[Make in Maharashtra]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Power Plants of Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Chandrapur district]]<br />
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1983]]<br />
[[Category:1983 establishments in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]<br />
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