Question

The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in ____________
A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

Answer 1

Hint: Sarni town near Ghoradongri Railway Station is where the Satpura Thermal Power Plant is located. It is located in the district of Betul and the plant is a coal based power plant.

Complete Answer:
In the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh is where the Satpura Thermal Power Plant is located. Its location is near the Ghoradongri Railway station and it is a coal based power plant of the Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Limited (MPPGCL).
1330 is the installed capacity of the Satpura thermal power station. October 1967 was when the first unit of the power plant was commissioned. Tawa Dam lake is from where the water for the power is procured and the lake is spread over an area of around 2893 acres. Rail or Road or Belt is used to procure the coal for the plant and the coal is procured from the Western Coal Fields.
In Madhya Pradesh there are a total of 24 coal based power plants and the NTPC is the largest thermal power generating company in India. Currently the biggest thermal power plant in India is the Vindhyachal thermal power station in Madhya Pradesh and it has an installed capacity of 4760 MW.
Therefore the correct answer is option ‘C. Madhya Pradesh’.

Note: A power station in which heat energy is converted into electric power is known as a thermal power station. Inmost steam-driven turbines are used. The method is - water is first heated which turns into steam and drives a steam turbine which then drives an electric generator.