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A Note on Retirement of 25 years or more old Coal / Lignite based Thermal Power Units In order to conserve scarce natural resources like land, water and coal, on the advice of Ministry of Power, CEA has been regularly exploring the possibility of retiring /replacing 25 years or more old & inefficient coal /lignite based thermal power units by installing new supercritical units in consultation with various Power Utilities.
Since March' 2016 to May' 2019, 25 years or more old & inefficient coal / lignite based thermal power units of total 8470 MW capacity have been retired on the basis of un-economic operation or due to other reasons.

The details of such units are given at Table ‘A’.

In addition, 810.94 MW capacity Gas based/ DG Set units have also been retired since Sept.'2015 to May' 2019.

The details of these units are given at Table ‘B’.


Table ‘A’ : Coal/Lignite based Thermal Units retired [Since March'16 to May'19] S.No.

Name of the Name of the Station Unit No.
Utility Capacity (MW) Date of deletion from National Installed Capacity 1 MPPGCL Amarkantak TPS (2x120 MW) 2 HPGCL Panipat TPS (4x110 MW) 3 MSPGCL Koradi TPS (4x105 MW) Koradi TPS 4 MSPGCL Chandrapur TPS (2x210 MW) 5 MSPGCL Parli TPS 6 MSPGCL Bhusawal TPS 7 WBPDCL Santaldih TPS (4x120MW) 8 WBPDCL Bandel TPS (2x60 MW) 9 PVUNL Patratu TPS 3 & 4 1 to 4 240 440 1 to 4 420 5 1 & 2 3 2 1 to 4 3 & 4 1,2,3,5,8 4,6,7,9,10 200 420 210 210 480 120 360 455 04.03.2016 12.04.2016 02.08.2016 24.04.2017 21.10.2016 21.10.2016 31.08.2017 21.12.2016 20.04.2018 21.12.2016 23.11.2017 10 TANGEDCO Ennore TPS (2x60 + 2x110 MW) 1,2,3 & 4 340 31.03.2017 11 GSECL 12 GSECL 13 GSECL 14 DPL 15 APGCL 16 PSPCL 17 PSPCL Ennore TPS Gandhinagar TPS (2x120 MW) Sikka TPS (2 x 120 MW) Ukai TPS (2 x 120 MW) DPL TPS (70 + 2x75 MW) Chandrapur TPS (2x30 MW) GND TPS (Bathinda)-(4x110 MW) GGS STPS (Ropar)-(2x210 MW) 18 UPRVUNL Harduaganj 5 1 & 2 1 & 2 1 & 2 3,4 & 5 1 & 2 1,2,3,4 1 & 2 5 110 240 240 240 220 60 440 420 60 12.01.2017 12.01.2017 18.08.2017 18.08.2017 20.02.2017 18.08.2017 31.08.2018 31.08.2018 18.08.2017 19 UPRVUNL Obra TPS (2X50 MW) 1 & 2 100 18.08.2017 20 UPRVUNL Panki TPS (2 x 105 MW) Obra TPS (1x94 MW) 8 3 & 4 94 210 03.04.2018 16.03.2018 21 TSGENCO Kothagudem TPS (1x60 + 2x120 MW) 3, 6 & 8 Badarpur TPS(3x95 +2x210 MW) 1 to 5 Durgapur TPS Chandrapur TPS Chandrapur TPS Bokaro TPS (2 x 210) Neyveli TPS – I New Cossipore TPS (2x30 + 2x50 MW) Chinakuri TPS (3x10 MW) 300 705 140 130 130 420 100 160 19.03.2019 30.10.2018 21.10.2016 17.01.2017 04.09.2017 04.09.2017 06.02.2019 3 1 2 1 & 2 7 1 to 4 1,2,3 30 31.08.2017 22 NTPC 23 DVC 24 DVC 25 DVC 26 NLC 27 CESC India Power Corp. Ltd. (West Bengal) 28 29 30 Dishergarh TPS (1x3 + 3x5 MW) Seebpore TPS (1.5 + 1.88 + 2 + 3 MW) 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 18 8.38 31.08.2017 31.08.2017 Total : 8470.38 Table ‘B’ : Additional (Gas based/ DG Set) Units Retired [Since Sept.'15 to May'19] S.No.
Name of the Utility Name of the Station Unit No.

Capacity (MW) 1 2 3.

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KSEB KSEB DVC KPCL Kozhikode DG (2x16 MW) Brahmapuram DG (2x21.32 MW) Maithon GT (3x30 MW) Belgaum DG (5x16.26 MW) Tata Power Trombay TPS GSECL Utran CCPS (3 x 30 + 1 x 45 MW) 1 & 4 2 & 3 1 to 3 1 to 5 4 1 APGCL Lakwa GT TPS (4x15 MW) 1,2,3,4 APGCL Namrup CCPP 1 GMR Power Corp. Ltd. Basin Bridge (DG) Power Plant, Chennai (4x50 MW) 1 to 4 Total: 32 42.64 90 81.3 150 135 60 20 200 810.94