NTPC Dadri

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National Capital Power Station
Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
Country	India
Location	Gautam Budh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	28°35′54″N 77°36′34″E / 28.59833°N 77.60944°E / 28.59833; 77.60944
Status	Operational
Commission date	1991
Operator	NTPC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal-fired, gas-fired
Power generation
Units operational	1820 MW coal 817 MW gas
Nameplate capacity	2,654 MW
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National Capital Power Station (NCPS) or NTPC Dadri is the power project to meet the power demand of National Capital Region (India). 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 (NTPC).^[1]

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.

The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, Jharkhand. The source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.

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.

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.

• NTPC Dadri (coal)
• NTPC Dadri (gas)
• Facebook page for NTPC Dadri