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{{short description|Thermal power plant in Dadri, India}}
{{one source|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox power station
|name                = National Capital Power Station
|country             = India
|location            =  [[Gautam Budh Nagar district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| image               = NTPC Power Station - Aerial View - Dadri 2016-08-04 5757.JPG
| image_size          = 
| image_caption       = Aerial view of NTPC power station, Dadri
| image_alt           = 
| location_map_size   = 
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| coordinates = {{coord|28|35|54|N|77|36|34|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref     = 
|status              = O 
|construction_began  = 
|commissioned        = 1991
|decommissioned      = 
|cost                = 
|operator            = [[National Thermal Power Corporation|NTPC]]
|th_fuel_primary     = Coal-fired, gas-fired
|th_fuel_tertiary    =
|ps_units_operational= 1820 MW coal 
                       817 MW gas
|ps_electrical_capacity= 
|extra               = [https://www.ntpc.co.in/ www.ntpc.co.in] 
}}

'''National Capital Power Station''' (NCPS) or '''NTPC Dadri''' is the power project to meet the power demand of [[National Capital Region (India)]]. It has a huge coal-fired thermal power plant and a gas-fired plant and has a small township located in Uttar Pradesh, India for its employees. It is located in [[Gautam Budhh Nagar district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] about 25&nbsp;km from [[Ghaziabad, India|Ghaziabad]] and about 9&nbsp;km from [[Dadri]]. It is nearly 48&nbsp;km from New Delhi towards [[Hapur]]. The township has an area of about 500 acres over all. NTPC Dadri is a branch of [[National Thermal Power Corporation]] (NTPC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTPC Dadri Power Plant |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/ntpc-dadri-power-plant/}}</ref>

== Capacity ==
NTPC Dadri is a unique power plant of NTPC group which has both coal based thermal plant and gas based thermal plant of 1820&nbsp;MW and 829.78&nbsp;MW respectively and a 5 MW solar plant totaling 2654.78 &nbsp;MW.

===Coal based===
The coal for the power plant is sourced from Piparwar Mines, [[Jharkhand]]. The source of water for the power plant is Upper Ganga Canal.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit number !! Installed capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of commissioning
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1st || 1 || 210  || 1991 October
|-
| 2 || 210  || 1992 December
|-
| 3 || 210  || 1993 March
|-
| 4 || 210  || 1994 March
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2nd || 5 || 490  || 2010 January
|-
| 6 || 490  || 2010 July
|-
|'''Total'''||  Six || '''1820''' ||
|}

===Gas based===
The gas for the power plant is sourced from [[GAIL]] HBJ Pipeline. It also supports HSD as alternate fuel. The source of water for the power plant is the Upper Ganga Canal.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Stage !! Unit number !! Installed capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of commissioning !! [[Gas turbine|GT]] / [[Steam turbine|ST]]
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1st || 1 || 130.19 || 1992 March || GT
|-
| 2 || 130.19 || 1992 May || GT
|-
| 3 || 130.19 || 1992 June || GT
|-
| 4 || 130.19 || 1992 November || GT
|-
| 5 || 154.51 || 1993 February || ST
|-
| 6 || 154.51 || 1993 March || ST
|-
|'''Total'''||  six
 || '''829.78''' || ||
|}

The total capacity is 2654.78 MW.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303&Itemid=175&lang=en NTPC Dadri (coal)]
* [http://ntpc.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=312&Itemid=84&lang=en NTPC Dadri (gas)]
* [http://facebook.com/NTPCdadri Facebook page for NTPC Dadri]

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[[Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Gautam Buddh Nagar district]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1991]]