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{{Infobox power station
| name = Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant
| name_official = Khurja STPS
| image =
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| country = India
| coordinates =
| location = Dashahra Kherli, Khurja (Bulandshahr)
| status = Proposed
| construction_began = Dec 2018
| commissioned =
| decommissioned =
| cost = ₹12,676 Crores <br />(USD $1.83 billion)
| owner = [[THDC Ltd]]
| operator = Mr.Neeraj Sharma
| th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]]
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| th_cooling_source =
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| ps_electrical_capacity= 1320 MW
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| website = www.thdc.co.in
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'''Khurja super thermal power project''' or '''Khurja STPS''' is a proposed 1320 [[megawatt]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/CqkGXTN6lqvRvoR28IASVL/Centres-green-nod-to-Rs9747-crore-Khurja-power-project-in.html|title=Centre's green nod to Rs9,747 crore Khurja power project in UP|last=PTI|date=2017-04-02|work=Mint|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref> [[coal-fired plant|coal-fired]] supercritical power plant planned to be built at [[Khurja]] in [[Bulandshahr]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The project is the first thermal power project by [[THDC Ltd]], projected to cost ₹12676 crores (US$1.8 billion). It is a two unit power plant, with the first unit expected to be completed by November 2022 and the second by April 2023.

==Project==
[[THDC Ltd]] floated tenders for award of main package in June 2018. Land has been acquired by THDC and project completion is planned by 2023. The coal requirement would be 7.2 million tonnes per annum which will be sourced from the Amelia Coal mines in Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/thdc-to-float-rs-8000-crore-tender-for-khurja-thermal-power-plant/64436298|title=THDC to float Rs 8,000 crore tender for Khurja thermal power plant - ET EnergyWorld}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/PIB-grants-pre-construction-clearance-to-Khurja-Super-Thermal-Power-Plant/articleshow/48717165.cms|title=PIB grants pre-construction clearance to Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref>

==Clearances==
The project has been accorded environmental clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/khurja-super-thermal-power-plant-gets-environmental-clearance-117040301282_1.html|title = Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant gets environmental clearance|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 3 April 2017}}</ref> The environmental impact assessment report was submitted to MoEF&CC in November 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/EIA/071220166HP7XLOZKhurjaSTPPEIAReport.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 July 2018 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181041/http://www.environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/EIA/071220166HP7XLOZKhurjaSTPPEIAReport.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Capacity==
The planned capacity of the thermal power plant is 1320 MW (2 x 660 MW)

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit Number !! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status
|-
| Stage I || Unit I || 660MW || Feb 2024 ||Tenders floated
|-
| Stage I || Unit II || 660MW || Dec 2024 ||Tender floated
|-
|}

== References ==
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{{Power Plants of Uttar Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Bulandshahr district]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Khurja]]
[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]

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