Kothagudem Thermal Power Station is located at Palwancha in Telangana, India. The power plant has an installed capacity of 1,800 MW with 4 units in operation. It is one of the coal based power plants of Telangana Power Generation Corporation (TGGENCO)
Stage Unit Number Installed Capacity (MW) Date of Commissioning Status Stage I 1 60 04-07-1966 Shut down permanently Stage I 2 60 27-11-1966 Shut down permanently Stage II 3 60 27-05-1967 shut down permanently Stage II 4 60 08-07-1967 Shut down permanently Stage III 5 120 13-08-1974 Shut down permanently Stage III 6 120 19-12-1974 Shut down permanently Stage IV 7 120 10-03-1977 Shut down permanently Stage IV 8 120 10-01-1978 Shut down permanently Stage V 9 250 27-03-1997 Running Stage V 10 250 28-02-1998 Running Stage VI 11 500 26-06-2011 Running Stage VII 12 800 19-05-2018 Running.
In January 2012, it was reported that the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to build additional unit with capacity of 800 MW.
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