Guru Hargobind Lehra Mohabbat Power Station

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Guru Hargobind Lehra Mohabbat Power Station is an operating power station of at least 920-megawatts (MW) in Lehra Mohabbat, Bathinda, Punjab, India with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Guru Hargobind power station.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Guru Hargobind Lehra Mohabbat Power Station	Lehra Mohabbat, Bathinda, Bathinda, Punjab, India	30.266555, 75.166097 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5: 30.266555, 75.166097

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year
Unit 1	Operating	coal: bituminous	210	subcritical	1997
Unit 2	Operating	coal: bituminous	210	subcritical	1998
Unit 3	Operating	coal: bituminous	250	subcritical	2008
Unit 4	Operating	coal: bituminous	250	subcritical	2010
Unit 5	Cancelled	coal: bituminous	500	subcritical	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner	Parent
Unit 1	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%]	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 2	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%]	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 3	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%]	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 4	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%]	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]
Unit 5	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100%]	Punjab State Power Corp Ltd [100.0%]

Background

The power station comprises 2 phases of 910 MW, and a third phase of 500 MW was proposed and later cancelled.

Phase I

• Unit 1 - 210 MW - commissioned December 29, 1997
• Unit 2 - 210 MW - commissioned October 16, 1998

Phase II

• Unit 3 - 250 MW - commissioned February 5, 2008; Commercial production: October 16, 2008
  
• Unit 4 - 250 MW - Began operation: October 16, 2008; began commercial production: January 25, 2010

Notes on Phase II: Commissioning of units 3 and 4 was delayed for nearly two years. Many problems were found with unit 3's new boiler and coal feeding system, and the plant was shut down three separate times before it started producing electricity commercially.

Proposed expansion: Phase III

In 2012 the Punjab government proposed a third stage of 500 MW.

In December 2017, the project had yet to receive environmental permits, and appeared to be delayed or abandoned.

Environmental impact

A November 2023 report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) argued that the ongoing air pollution crisis in the New Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) had been made worse by the failure of nine out of 11 coal plants in the region to comply with air pollution standards. Guru Hargobind Lehra Mohabbat power station reportedly exceeded standards for particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and sulphur dioxide (SO2) during the 17-month reporting period from April 2022 to August 2023. After repeatedly postponing emissions compliance deadlines, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change set the power station's PM and NOx compliance deadline for 2024 and its SO2 compliance deadline for 2026.

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