Indraprastha Thermal Power Plant Delhi

The Indraprastha (I.P.) Coal Power Station is situated at Vidyut Vihar Colony, Vidyut Vihar, Phase 1, Sunlight Colony, New Delhi. The total installed capacity of Indraprastha coal power station is 248 MWe.

This is a fully operating power plant and the load from the plant is mainly used as base load in New Delhi. The plant is a sub critical thermal type plant and the electric power from the plant is connected to the regional grid. Coal and fuel oil are used as the primary and secondary fuels and the main source of coal for the plant is from NCL and BINA. The water needed for the plant is taken from the Yamuna river and mercury control device is not used in this plant. The power from the plant is directed to VIP-South and Central Delhi substation and I.P. Station units allowed to continue subject to maintaining stack emission below 50 mg/NM3 and zero discharge from ash ponds for which action has been initiated.

The plant has four different units in operational state. Initially the first unit of the plant was commissioned in the year 1963 with an installed capacity of 30 MWe, but was decommissioned in the year 2000. Presently the plant has four different units in operating state and the first unit is commissioned on 31-December-1967. The next two units are commissioned on 29-February-1968 and 31-March-1968. These three units has an installed capacity of 62.5 MWe. The last unit is commissioned on 31-December-1971 with an installed capacity of 60 MWe. AVB Durgapur is the boiler manufacturer for the first three operating units and BHEL Hyderabad is the boiler manufacturer for the fourth unit. The generator and turbine manufacturer for the first three units is IGE USA and for the last unit is BHEL Hyderabad. This is a state government ownership type power plant. The owner and the operating company of the plant is Indraprastha Power Generating Co. Ltd. (DVB).

Project Details:

• Project Name – Indraprastha Thermal Power Plant

• Total Installed Capacity in MW – 248 MWe

• Commissioned Year - 1967

• Status of Plant - Fully operating power plant

• Power Plant Used for – base load

• Type of Plant – Sub critical thermal type plant

• Type of Fuel – coal and Fuel oil

• Fuel source - Coal from NCL and BINA

• Water Source - water taken from Yamuna River

• Boiler Manufacturer - AVB Durgapur and BHEL Hyderabad

• Turbine Manufacturer - IGE USA and BHEL Hyderabad

• Generator Manufacturer - IGE USA and BHEL Hyderabad

• Owner - Indraprastha Power Generation Co. Ltd. (DVB)

• Operating company of the plant - Indraprastha Power Generating Co. Ltd. (DVB)

• Address – Vidyut Vihar Colony, Vidyut Vihar, Phase 1, Sunlight Colony, New Delhi, Delhi

• District – New Delhi

• State – Delhi

• Contact Number – 23282946, 23267310

• Website – http://ipgcl-ppcl.gov.in/

• Unit Sizes – 3 x 62.5 and 1 x 60 MWe

• Units Operational – 4

• Unit Commissioned – All units are commissioned