Find out the location of major thermal power plants in India. What could be the reasons for their being located at those places?
NCERT Class VIII
Science - Main Course Book
Chapter 5. Coal and Petroleum
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A thermal power station is a power plant in which heat energy is converted to electric power.
Location of major thermal power plants in India are:
1. NTPC Ramagundam Thermal Power plant. --- Telangana
2. Kothagudem --- Thermal Power plant --- Telangana
3.Shakti Nagar power plant - raichur - Karnataka
4.Rajiv Gandhi CCPP- kayamkulam, Kerala
4. Durgapur Thermal Power station, Durgapur West bengal.
5. Feroz Gandhi Unchahar TPP, Uttar pradesh.
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The main reason which are responsible for setup of thermal power plants are as follows:
1.Near to river, where water supply will be uninterrupted,
2.River water will act as essential coolant for thermal plants
.3. Easy access to transport facilities.Other things like availability of coal for generation of electricity.
4.Even climatic conditions may play a major role like Humidity and weather of the place.
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Location of major thermal power plants in India are:
1. NTPC Ramagundam Thermal Power plant. --- Telangana
2. Kothagudem --- Thermal Power plant --- Telangana
3.Shakti Nagar power plant - raichur - Karnataka
4.Rajiv Gandhi CCPP- kayamkulam, Kerala
4. Durgapur Thermal Power station, Durgapur West bengal.
5. Feroz Gandhi Unchahar TPP, Uttar pradesh.
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The main reason which are responsible for setup of thermal power plants are as follows:
1.Near to river, where water supply will be uninterrupted,
2.River water will act as essential coolant for thermal plants
.3. Easy access to transport facilities.Other things like availability of coal for generation of electricity.
4.Even climatic conditions may play a major role like Humidity and weather of the place.
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Major thermal power plants in India
1) Vindhyachal Thermal power station (Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh)
2) Mundhra Ultra Mega Power plant (Kutch district of Gujarat)
3) Talcher Super Thermal Station (Angul district of Odisha)
4) Sipat Thermal power plant (Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh)
5) NTPC Dadri (Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh)
6) NTPC Ramagundam (Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh)
7) Korba Super Thermal Power plant (Korba district of Chhattisgarh)
8) Rihand Thermal Power station (Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh)
9) Jharsuguda Thermal Power plant (Jharsuguda district of Odisha)
Reasons for being located at those places
1) Constant water supply is required Ex: From rivers and dams
2) Easy transportation facility
3) Availability of coal
4) Climatic conditions which support thermal power plant
1) Vindhyachal Thermal power station (Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh)
2) Mundhra Ultra Mega Power plant (Kutch district of Gujarat)
3) Talcher Super Thermal Station (Angul district of Odisha)
4) Sipat Thermal power plant (Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh)
5) NTPC Dadri (Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh)
6) NTPC Ramagundam (Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh)
7) Korba Super Thermal Power plant (Korba district of Chhattisgarh)
8) Rihand Thermal Power station (Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh)
9) Jharsuguda Thermal Power plant (Jharsuguda district of Odisha)
Reasons for being located at those places
1) Constant water supply is required Ex: From rivers and dams
2) Easy transportation facility
3) Availability of coal
4) Climatic conditions which support thermal power plant
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