Harduaganj Thermal Power Station is located at Qasimpur Power House Colony which is 1 km distance from Harduaganj railway station at Harduaganj in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 18 km from Aligarh and 105 km from Agra. It is the new electric power station established in Aligarh district; the old one is Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant located in Jawan Sikandarpur of Aligarh district.
The coal for this power plant is sourced from coal mines owned by BCCL and ECL and are transported to the power plant through rail line. The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
Operations
The plant has three stages, first two stages having 7 units capacity ranging between 30 MW to 55 MW were over three decade old and all are closed now. The machinery of currently functioning units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The coal for all these units is fed from the coal mines of Bharat Coking Coal Limited and Eastern Coalfields Limited by means of the railways. This place is also known as Qasimpur Power House. It has two colonies for the employee resident, old colony and new colony and a main market known as dus dukan.
In 2008, Unit-5 of 60MW capacity, lying defunct since 1999, and renovated at a cost of 33 crore started generating power once again. The same unit was closed and the capacity was deleted from UPRVUNL generation capacity in July 2017.
Capacity
Harduaganj Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 610 MW.
In July 2014 state government decided to add another unit of 660 MW to the power plant. July 2015: The 660 MW unit will be constructed by Toshiba and will take four years to complete. Thus its planned capacity is 1270 MW
| Stage | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTPS | 60 | 1977 May | Deleted |
| CTPS | 110 | 1978 August | Renovated and Running |
| HTPS Extn. | 250 | 2012 February | Running |
| HTPS Extn. | 250 | 2013 October | Running |
| HTPS Extn. | 660 | 2020 December | Under construction |