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Hirakud Captive Power Plant

India

The 1477th largest power station in the world

467.5 MW · Capacity

Hirakud Power Plant is a coal based captive thermal power plant located near Hirakud in Sambalpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. The power plant began commercial production in April 2013, is operated by the Hindalco Industries. The plant supplies power to Hirakud smelter of Hindalco Industries. The coal for the plant is sourced from Talabira captive coal mines.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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