{{Short description|Thermal power plant in Bihar, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox power station | name = Nabinagar Power Generating Company | name_official = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | location_map_size = | location_map_caption = Location of the Nabinagar Power Generating Company | coordinates = {{coord|24.776|N|84.158|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | country = India | location = Ankorha, [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad district]], [[Bihar]] | status = O | construction_began = 2011 | commissioned = under construction | decommissioned = | cost = | owner = [[National Thermal Power Corporation|NTPC]] | operator = Nabinagar Power Generating Company | th_fuel_primary = [[Coal]] | th_fuel_tertiary = | ps_units_operational = 3 Unit 1980 MW is operational | ps_units_manu_model = [[Bharat Heavy Electricals|BHEL]] and Alstom | th_cogeneration = | th_combined_cycle = | ps_electrical_capacity = 1,980 [[Megawatt|MW]] upcoming | ps_electrical_cap_fac = | website = | extra = }}
'''Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project''' is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Sivanpur village in Ankorha in [[Nabinagar|Nabinagar taluk]] in [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad district]], [[Bihar]]. It was conceptualised in 1989 by the then [[Chief Minister of Bihar]] [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]] who sent the <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newsmartimportedstories/NTPC-Railways-to-link-for-Bihar-power-JV/Article1-203330.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605222020/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newsmartimportedstories/NTPC-Railways-to-link-for-Bihar-power-JV/Article1-203330.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2011 |title=S N Sinha's brainchild NTPC project gets approval |work=Hindustan Times |location=India |accessdate=23 February 2007}}</ref> proposal to set up a NTPC's super thermal power project at Nabinagar in Bihar's [[Aurangabad district, Bihar|Aurangabad district]] to then [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]]; but the project went into limbo as the following state governments failed to follow it. In 2007, [[Manmohan Singh]]'s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newsmartimportedstories/NTPC-Railways-to-link-for-Bihar-power-JV/Article1-203330.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605222020/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newsmartimportedstories/NTPC-Railways-to-link-for-Bihar-power-JV/Article1-203330.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2011 |title=PM DR MANMOHAN SINGH APPROVES NTPC PROJECT IN BIHAR PROMISED BY THEN CM SN SINHA |work=Hindustan Times |location=India |accessdate=23 February 2007}}</ref> government finally put a stamp of approval on it.
The power plant is owned by the '''Nabinagar Power Generating Company'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/1pULjL5yjTxVvPBlDGlcPN/NTPC-to-take-over-Kanti-Nabinagar-JV-plants-for-Rs3000-cro.html|title=NTPC to take over Kanti, Nabinagar JV plants for Rs3,000 crore|date=11 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/ntpc-to-take-over-kanti-nabinagar-jv-plants/articleshow/63253971.cms|title=NTPC to take over Kanti, Nabinagar JV plants|newspaper=The Economic Times }}</ref>- initially a 50:50 joint venture between [[NTPC Limited]] and [[Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://energy.bih.nic.in/docs/Schemes-Nabinagar-STPP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821174641/http://energy.bih.nic.in/docs/Schemes-Nabinagar-STPP.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Nabinagar plant will have capacity of 4380 MW( 660 MW × 6).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Land-acquisition-a-major-hurdle/articleshow/48701848.cms|title=Land acquisition a major hurdle|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 August 2015 }}</ref> The project's generation capacity initially was to be 3960 MW but in 2016,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Bihar-to-get-179-MW-more-power-from-Nabinagar-plant/article14570544.ece|title=Bihar to get 179 MW more power from Nabinagar plant|website=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 August 2016 }}</ref> the production capacity was increased to 4380 MW.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/nabinagar-plant-may-start-power-generation-by-year-end/articleshow/61373974.cms|title=Nabinagar plant may start power generation by year end|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=November 2017 }}</ref> Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project will be third largest power project in India, after 4700 MW [[Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station]] ([[Singrauli district|Singrauli]]) and maharashtra belar.
This Super Thermal Power Project is spread over 2970 acres, which includes 150 acres of land for the township and 63 acres of land for construction of rail corridor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/nabinagar-plant-may-start-power-generation-by-year-end/articleshow/61373974.cms|title=Nabinagar plant may start power generation by year end|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=November 2017 }}</ref> On 17 April 2018, Bihar state cabinet, headed by chief minister [[Nitish Kumar]], gave its nod to handing over of Nabinagar Power Generating Company to [[National Thermal Power Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-to-hand-over-3-power-plants-to-ntpc/articleshow/63805597.cms|title=Patna to hand over 3 power plants to NTPC|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 April 2018 }}</ref> On 15 May 2018, Bihar Government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to hand over the thermal plant to [[National Thermal Power Corporation]] for a 33-year lease.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/state-happy-with-power-deal-231000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518055408/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/state-happy-with-power-deal-231000|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2018|title=State happy with power deal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/state-transfers-3-power-plants-to-ntpc-on-lease-for-30-years/articleshow/64180512.cms|title=Bihar transfers 3 power plants to NTPC on lease for 30 years|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1532187#|title=NTPC signs MoU with Government of Bihar; aims to improve performance of Power Sector in Bihar}}</ref> For the Nabinagar plant's Bihar would get 78% of the electricity generated from the plant, while UP would get 11%, jharkhand 3% and Sikkim 1%.
==Capacity== The planned capacity of the power plant in 1980 MW (3×660 MW). Unit-1 with capacity to generate 660 MW, is scheduled to be commissioned in Dec'18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/abad-power-plant-unit-to-be-commissioned-in-september/articleshow/63537214.cms|title=Aurangabad power plant unit to be commissioned in December|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=30 March 2018 }}</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable" ! Stage !! Unit Number !! Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status |- | 1st || 1 || 660 || Sep 6, 2019|| Running <ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/ntpc-commissions-first-unit-of-nabinagar-plant- commercial operation date (COD) completed -660 capacity-reaches-55786mw/articleshow/70247370.cms</ref> |- | 1st || 2 || 660 || July 30, 2021 || Running |- | 1st || 3 || 660 || June 1, 2022|| Running |- | 2nd || 4 || 800 || TBD|| Under Construction |- | 2nd || 5 || 800 || TBD|| Under Construction |- | 2nd || 6 || 800 || TBD|| Under Construction |}
==Future expansion== There is a plan to add three units of 800 MW each at the site in future.
==See also== {{Portal|India|Energy}} * [[Ultra Mega Power Projects]] * [[Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited]] * [[Nabinagar Thermal Power Project]]
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==External links== * [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nabinagar_Super_Thermal_Power_Project Nabinagar Super Thermal Project] at [[SourceWatch]] {{Power stations of Bihar}} {{Industry and company in bihar}}
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