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{{Infobox power station
| name = Harduaganj<br/> Thermal Power Station
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| country = India
| location = [[Harduaganj]], [[Aligarh district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| status = O
| construction_began = 2006
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| owner = Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited
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| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]
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| ps_units_operational= 1×60 [[megawatt|MW]]<br/> 1x110 MW<br/>2X250 MW
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'''Harduaganj Thermal Power Station''' is located at [[Qasimpur Power House Colony]] which is 1 km distance from Harduaganj railway station at [[Harduaganj]] in [[Aligarh district]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], about 18 km from [[Aligarh]] and 105 km from [[Agra]]. It is the new electric power station established in [[Aligarh district]]; the old one is [[Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant]] located in [[Jawan Sikandarpur]] of [[Aligarh district]].

The coal for this power plant is sourced from coal mines owned by BCCL and ECL and are transported to the power plant through rail line. The power plant is owned and operated by [[Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam]].

==Operations==
The plant has three stages, first two stages having 7 units capacity ranging between 30 MW to 55 MW were over three decade old and all are closed now. The machinery of currently functioning units are from [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]]. The coal for all these units is fed from the coal mines of [[Bharat Coking Coal Limited]] and [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] by means of the railways.
This place is also known as Qasimpur Power House. It has two colonies for the employee resident, old colony and new colony and a main market known as dus dukan.

In 2008, Unit-5 of 60MW capacity, lying defunct since 1999, and renovated at a cost of 33 crore started generating power once again.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/9-yrs-after-it-was-shut-down-Harduaganj-unit-generates-power-again/315500/ 9 yrs after it was shut down, Harduaganj unit generates power again] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014190154/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/9-yrs-after-it-was-shut-down-Harduaganj-unit-generates-power-again/315500/ |date=14 October 2012 }} [[Indian Express]], 28 May 2008.</ref> The same unit was closed and the capacity was deleted from UPRVUNL generation capacity in July 2017.

== Capacity ==
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of '''610 MW'''.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.uprvunl.org/location_har.htm |title = Harduganj Thermal Power Station |publisher = UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited |access-date = 2011-09-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141018155040/http://www.uprvunl.org/location_har.htm |archive-date = 18 October 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

In July 2014 state government decided to add another unit of 660 MW to the power plant.<ref>[http://www.steelguru.com/indian_news/UP_govt_decided_to_install_4_power_plants_in_the_state/343464.html]{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref>
July 2015: The 660 MW unit will be constructed by [[Toshiba]] and will take four years to complete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/harduaganj-power-plant-to-get-unit-of-660-mw/articleshow/48061442.cms|title=Harduaganj power plant to get unit of 660 MW | Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Thus its planned capacity is '''1270 MW'''

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status
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| CTPS || 60 || 1977 May || Deleted <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uprvunl.org/uprvunl/en/post/harduaganj-thermal-power-station-|title=Info|last=|first=|date=|website=uprvunl.org}}</ref>
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| CTPS || 110 || 1978 August || Renovated and Running <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netindian.in/news/business-economy/bhel-renovates-110-mw-unit-harduaganj-thermal-power-station|title=BHEL renovates 110 MW unit at Harduaganj Thermal Power Station in UP|first=NetIndian|last=News Network|website=NetIndian}}</ref>
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| HTPS Extn.|| 250 || 2012 February || Running
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| HTPS Extn. || 250 || 2013 October || Running
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| HTPS Extn. || 660 || 2020 December || Under construction <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/power-supply-in-up-to-get-660-mw-boost/articleshow/76863800.cms|title=Power supply in UP to get 660 MW boost | Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant]]
* [[Kasimpur Power House]]
* [[Harduaganj]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Power Plants of Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Aligarh division topics}}

[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Aligarh district]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1977]]

Harduaganj Thermal Power Station - Revision history

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