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{{Infobox power station
|name = '''Farakka Super Thermal Power Station'''
|image =
|image_caption =
| location_map_size =
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| coordinates = {{coord|24|46|21|N|87|53|39|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
|country = India
|location = [[Nabarun]], [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]]
|owner = [[National Thermal Power Corporation]]
|status =
|th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]
|th_combined_cycle =
|ps_units_operational= 6
|ps_electrical_capacity= 2,100 MW
|commissioned = 1986
|decommissioned =
}}

'''Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant''' is located at [[Nabarun]] in [[Murshidabad district]] in Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The power plant is one of the [[coal]] based power plants of [[National Thermal Power Corporation|NTPC]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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|mark-coord22={{coord|24|37|0|N|88|1|25|E}} | label-pos22=left|label22= Aurangabad| numbered22=CT| mark-title22=[[Aurangabad, West Bengal]] (CT)
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===Location===
Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at {{coord|24|46|21|N|87|53|39|E|type:landmark|display=inline}}.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in a part of the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Capacity==
The unit wise capacity and other details are as follows.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning
|- <
| First || 1 || 200 || January, 1986
|-
| First || 2 || 200 || December, 1986
|-
| First || 3 || 200 || August, 1987
|-
| Second || 4 || 500 || September, 1992
|-
| Second || 5 || 500 || February, 1994
|-
| Third || 6 || 500 || April, 2012
|-
|'''Total'''|| Six || '''2100''' ||
|}

==Coal link==
A major coal mining project of [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] (Rajmahal open cast project, a part of [[Rajmahal coalfield]]) is going on in [[Boarijore]], [[Mahagama (community development block)|Mahagama]] and [[Sunderpahari]] CD Blocks of [[Godda district]] in [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://godda.nic.in/profile.html| title = Godda District Official website| work = Profile| publisher = Godda district administration| access-date = 12 February 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085923/http://godda.nic.in/profile.html| archive-date = 4 March 2016| url-status = dead}}</ref> Rajmahal open cast project (earlier known as [[Lalmatia Colliery]]) supplies coal to the Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 2,340 MW [[Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rajmahal_coal_mines | title= Raj Mahal Coal Mines| publisher= Source Watch | access-date = 12 February 2016}}</ref> Coal import from [[Indonesia]] for Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant by [[Farakka Port]] and [[National Waterway 1]] .Jindal ITF Limited coal carry by barge from [[Haldia Port]] to [[Farakka]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Jindal ITF, Sula Shipping join hands for NTPC's Farakvljkl≈ka trans-shipment project of coal|url=http://m.economictimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/jindal-itf-sula-shipping-join-hands-for-ntpcs-farakka-trans-shipment-project-of-coal/articleshow/41011131.cms}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of power stations in West Bengal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110228180047/http://ntpc.co.in/powerplants/ntpc_pw_farakka.shtml Specifications on NTPC website]

{{NTPC Power Stations}}
{{Power Plants of West Bengal}}
{{Murshidabad topics}}

[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1986]]

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Farakka Super Thermal Power Station - Revision history

CleanupBot II at 22:36, 13 August 2023