Koradi Thermal Power Station

Koradi Thermal Power Station is located at Koradi near Nagpur, Maharashtra. The power plant is one of the four major power plants in Vidarbha - a power surplus region of India. The power station began operations in 1974 and is one of the nine active power stations operated by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited , a subsidiary of Government of Maharashtra owned Maharashtra State Electricity Board . The plant operates 8 units and has a total power generation capacity of 1700 MW. A proposed 440 kilovolt high power transmission line from Koradi to Bhusawal would join Nagpur with Mumbai. KTPS campus also contains training institute of MahaGenco for middle and senior level engineers, technicians and other staff.Power stationKTPS is located on the northern side of Nagpur and is spread across an area of 30,337 km2. Coal for KTPS comes from various nearby collieries of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) located at Silewara, Pipla, Patansavangi, Kamptee, Inder, Walni, Gondegaon and Saoner. These are at an average distance of 10km away. The plant approximately requires 16,000 to 17,000 tonnes of coal per day.