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{{Short description|Thermal power station in Panki, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Panki Thermal Power Station''' is located at [[Panki, Kanpur|Panki]] in [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Its first stage was commissioned in 1967 by the then [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=11 January 2018|title=Panki power plant ceases operation|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/panki-power-plant-ceases-operation/articleshow/62453674.cms|access-date=2021-01-04|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> It has an installed capacity of 660 Mega Watts. The power plant is owned and operated by [[Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam]].
It has a 275 Metres high chimney which is one of the [[tallest structures in India]]

==Operations==
The plant has been set up in three stages. The stage had two units of 32 megawatts each and it began operation in 1967 both the units ceased operations in 1998. The second stage had two units of 110 megawatts each and began operation in 1977. The machinery for the second stage was from [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]]. The second stage ceased operations in 2018 and a third stage was planned.
The Third Stage is under construction, it will have 1 unit of 660 Mega Watts, its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|last=ETEnergyworld.com|title=Modi lays foundation of 660 MW Panki power plant – ET EnergyWorld|url=https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/modi-lays-foundation-of-660-mw-panki-power-plant/68328181|access-date=2021-01-04|website=ETEnergyworld.com}}</ref> and it will begin operation by December 2022. The coal to all these units is fed from coal mines of [[Bharat Coking Coal Limited]], [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] by means of [[Indian Railways|Railways]].

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Installed Capacity ([[Watt#Megawatt|MW]]) !! Date of Commissioning !! Status
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| 32 || 1967 || Ceased Operation in 1998
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| 32 || 1968 || Ceased Operation in 1998
|-
| 110  || 1977 January || Ceased Operation in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uprvunl.org/location_panki.htm |title=Uprvunl |access-date=9 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613053448/http://uprvunl.org/location_panki.htm |archive-date=13 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 110  || 1977 May || Ceased Operation in 2018
|-
| 660  || 2022 Dec || Under Construction<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=225352 | title=BHEL wins Rs. 4,400 Crore order for 1x660 MW Supercritical Power Plant in UP | date=2 April 2018 }}</ref>
|}

==Future expansion==
The state government decided in July 2014 to build a unit of 660 Mega Watts to the power plant.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/akhilesh-cabinet-okays-3-thermal-power-units-totalling-1-980-mw-114072200598_1.html | title=Akhilesh cabinet okays 3 thermal power units totalling 1,980 mw | newspaper=Business Standard|location=India | date=22 July 2014 | last1=Rawat | first1=Virendra Singh }}</ref> A contract was issued by UPRVUNL to [[BHEL]] on EPC basis for construction of 1x660 MW units at Panki on 31 March 2018, with scheduled project completion in December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/engineering/bhel-bags-rs-4400-cr-contract-from-uttar-pradesh/articleshow/63578048.cms | title=BHEL bags Rs 4400 cr contract from Uttar Pradesh | newspaper=The Economic Times }}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Anpara Thermal Power Station]]
* [[Obra Thermal Power Station]] 
* [[Parichha Thermal Power Station]] 
* [[Harduaganj Thermal Power Station]]

==References==
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* [https://uprvunl.org/site/writereaddata/UploadNews/corrigendum/pdf/C_201905101649143135.pdf JULY 18- DEC – 2018 – EC REPORT PANKI (uprvunl.org)]

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[[Category:Kanpur Nagar district]]
[[Category:Economy of Kanpur]]
[[Category:Coal-fired power stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]


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