Wanakbori Thermal Power Station

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Wanakbori Thermal Power Station is an operating power station of at least 2270-megawatts (MW) in Wanakbori, Thasra, Kheda, Gujarat, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wanakbori Thermal Power Station	Wanakbori, Thasra, Kheda, Gujarat, India	22.8725375, 73.3588028 (exact)

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7: 22.8725375, 73.3588028
• Unit 8: 22.8801884, 73.3649182

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1982	–
Unit 2	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1983	–
Unit 3	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1984	–
Unit 4	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1986	–
Unit 5	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1986	–
Unit 6	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1987	–
Unit 7	operating	coal - unknown	210	subcritical	1998	–
Unit 8	operating	coal - unknown	800	supercritical	2019	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 2	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 3	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 4	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 5	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 6	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 7	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]
Unit 8	Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd (GSECL) [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Permit(s): December 2, 2013 – Environmental Clearance

Financing

Source of financing:

Installed Capacity

Here are details of the station's existing units:

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
Stage I	1	210	March 1982	Running
Stage I	2	210	January, 1983	Running
Stage I	3	210	March, 1984	Running
Stage I	4	210	March, 1986	Running
Stage I	5	210	September 1986	Running
Stage I	6	210	November 1987	Running
Stage II	7	210	December 1998	Running
Stage III	8	800	October 2019	Running

Replacement

In May 2015 GSECL said it was commissioning a feasibility study to replace two of the power station's older, existing units with supercritical technology, extending their life and possibly their size (MW).

Unit 8 Expansion (800 MW)

In 2012 Gujarat State Electricity Corporation proposed an additional unit 8 of 800 MW to the power station, originally projected to be commissioned in 2015 to 2016.

The project received environmental clearance in December 2013. Construction began in 2014.

It is planned for operation in 2018, later pushed to 2019.

Unit 8 was commissioned in October 2019.

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