Question

Which thermal power plant is located in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu ?
A. Mettur thermal power station
B. Thoothukudi thermal power station
C. North Chennai thermal power unit -1
D. Neyveli thermal power station

Answer 1

Hint:- Power station is operated by a navratna company.
- Lignite fueled only power stations of the above mentioned power stations. This Thermal power station has two units performing distinctively.
- Unit 1 of this plant was commissioned between 1962 to 1970 and unit 2 was commissioned between 1986 to 1993.

Complete answer:
A. Mettur thermal power station: is located in Tamil Nadu. It’s operations are controlled by TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION limited. Uses bituminous coal as its primary fuel which comes from Mahanadi coalfields limited and Eastern coalfields limited.
B. Thoothukudi thermal power station is located in Tamil Nadu in Thoothukudi on the seashores of the Bay of Bengal. It’s installed capacity is 1050 MW. Uses bitumen coal as a primary fuel. It has a total of 5 units operating.
C. North Chennai Thermal Power Unit is also situated in the Tamil Nadu state of India near Chennai city. It also uses bitumen coal as its primary fuel, it’s installed capacity is 1830 MW. It’s operated by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation.
D. Neyveli Thermal Power Station is situated in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. It is operated by NLC ( Neyveli Lignite Corporation) This power station has two units operating:- unit -1 having a capacity of 1020 MW and unit-2 having a capacity of 1970M.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

Note:- The power plant named as Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station located in Madhya Pradesh is India’s largest thermal power plant.
- Taichung power plant which is located in Taiwan is the world's largest thermal power plant.
- Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station is a historical thermal power plant situated on the banks of Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was the first thermal power station in India and was opened in 1920.