NTPC Dadri


National Capital Power Station or NTPC Dadri is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region. It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in Gautam Budhh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh about 25 km from Ghaziabad and about 9 km from Dadri. It is nearly 48 km from New Delhi towards Hapur. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of National Thermal Power Corporation.

Capacity

NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820 MW and 829.78 MW respectively and a 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78 MW.

Coal based

The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. The source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.
StageUnit numberInstalled capacity Date of commissioning
1st12101991 October
1st22101992 December
1st32101993 March
1st42101994 March
2nd54902010 January
2nd64902010 July
TotalSix1820

Gas based

The gas for the power plant is sourced from GAIL HBJ Pipeline. It also supports HSD as alternate fuel. The source of water for the power plant is the Upper Ganga Canal.
StageUnit numberInstalled capacity Date of commissioningGT / ST
1st1130.191992 MarchGT
1st2130.191992 MayGT
1st3130.191992 JuneGT
1st4130.191992 NovemberGT
1st5154.511993 FebruaryST
1st6154.511993 MarchST
Totalsix829.78

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.