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{{Infobox power station<br />
|name = Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant<br />
|image =<br />
|image_caption = [[Cooling towers]] and main water resource<br />
|country = India<br />
|location = [[Bathinda]]<br />
|owner = [[Government of Punjab (India)|Punjab Government Power corporation]]<br />
|status = Operation ceased<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/bathinda-thermal-plant-shuts-down/articleshow/60876969.cms|title=bathinda: Bathinda thermal plant shuts down &#124; Chandigarh News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
|th_fuel_primary = [[coal]]<br />
|th_technology = Thermal<br />
|th_combined_cycle = <br />
|ps_electrical_capacity= <br />
|commissioned = <br />
|decommissioned = <br />
}}<br />
[[File:Bathinda thermal plant.jpg|thumb|alt=Bathinda thermal plant|a view of thermal plant from NH 15]]<br />
The '''Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant''' ( ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਥਰਮਲ ਪਲਾਂਟ ) at [[Bathinda]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pseb.gov.in/docs/gurunanak.htm |title=Guru Nanak Thermal Plant |access-date=5 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128150751/http://pseb.gov.in/docs/gurunanak.htm |archive-date=28 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was one of the three [[thermal power station]]s in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] (the other being at [[Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant|Lehra Mohabat]] and [[Ropar]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811082149/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-08/chandigarh/27169981_1_thermal-plants-lehra-mohabbat-power-generation Power Problems]</ref>). <br />
It was a medium-sized power station with four units that were begun to be built in early 1970s and completed in 1982. All total generate up to '''460 MW''' (2x110+2x120 MW) of power that meets the mammoth irrigation needs of [[Malwa (Punjab)|lower Punjab]].<ref>[http://bathindacityonline.com/aboutcity.php Thermal Plant and Bathinda's History]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Having generated electricity for 100 years to meet the power demand of punjab, the thermal shut down forever on September 27,2017.<br />
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The plant was named after the first sikh guru and founder of Sikhism, [[Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji]].<br />
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==Capacity==<br />
It had an installed capacity of '''440&nbsp;MW'''. All four units ceased operations in September 2017<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sirhindi |first1=Manish |title=Punjab Shuts Down Its Oldest Thermal Plant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/punjab-shuts-down-its-oldest-thermal-plant/articleshow/60862442.cms |accessdate=22 June 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=28 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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! Unit No. !! Generating Capacity !! Commissioned on !! Status<br />
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| 1 || 110 MW || 1974 September || closed <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111016201955/http://pspcl.in/docs/gurunanak.htm]</ref><br />
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| 2 || 110 MW || 1975 September || closed <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/punjab-shuts-down-its-oldest-thermal-plant/articleshow/60856413.cms|title=Punjab shuts down its oldest thermal plant &#124; Amritsar News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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| 3 || 120 MW || 1978 March || Closed <ref name="auto"/><br />
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| 4 || 120 MW || 1979 January || Closed <ref name="auto"/><br />
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|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of places named after Guru Nanak Dev]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.pspcl.in/docs/gurunanak.htm Official site]<br />
* [http://www.emt-india.net/PowerPlantComponent/Output2.1.pdf Indo-German Power Aggrements]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0i1E_lE_TE Lecture by Dr. S. Banerjee on Power Generation] in [[India]]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSdFSa35STo Thermal Plant as seen from Muktsar Road]<br />
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