Budge Budge Generating Station

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Budge Budge Generating Station is an operating power station of at least 750-megawatts (MW) in Pujali, Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Budge Budge Generating Station Pujali, Budge Budge, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India 22.470344, 88.139949 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3: 22.470344, 88.139949

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year
Unit 1 operating coal: unknown 250 subcritical 1997
Unit 2 operating coal: unknown 250 subcritical 1999
Unit 3 operating coal: unknown 250 subcritical 2010

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 1 CESC Ltd [100%] CESC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2 CESC Ltd [100%] CESC Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 3 CESC Ltd [100%] CESC Ltd [100.0%]

Financing

Source of financing:

Background

The 750 MW power station is owned by CESC Ltd and is located in West Bengal.[1]

In its 2010-2011 annual report CESC stated that the first two 250MW units were commissioned over a decade before (in 1997 and 1999) and the third was commissioned in February 2010. [2]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. CESC, "CESC At a glance", CESC website, accessed November 2011.
  2. CESC, Annual Report 2010-11", July 2011, page 10. (Pdf)

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