Saturday, 13 September 2014

THOOTHUKUDI THERMAL POWER STATION



TUTICORIN THERMAL POWER STATION.

        TTPS is situated near the new port of Tuticorin on the sea shore of Bay of Bengal and spread over an area of 160 Hectares.

        TTPS has a total installed capacity of 1050 M.W comprising 5 units of 210 M.W each.

        The station was erected in III Stages.

        The first stage consists of units I & II of 210 M.W each at a total cost of Rs.178 crores.

        The  second  stage  consists  of  210  Unit  III  at  a cost  of  Rs.  89

crores.

        The third stage consists of Units IV& V of 210 M.W each at a total cost of Rs.804 crores.

        The units are all coal based.

        Coal is transported by sea through ships form Haldia, Paradeep, Vizag ports to TTPS.

        Generation and Plant load factor(PLF) for the year 2010-11 is 7113.696 MU and 77.33 % respectively. Record of continuous running





Unit

Continuous







running in days





Station

26





I

82





II

154





III

115





IV

133





V

232








Name & Address

Stage
Units
Capacity(M.W)
Date of







Commissioning
Tuticorin T.P.S,

I
I
210
09/07/1979
Tuticorin


II
210
17/12/1980
Tuticorin (District)

II
III
210
16/04/1982
PIN:628004.

III
IV
210
11/02/1992
Phone No. 0461-2352521
V
210
31/03/1991
Fax No.0461-2352457



e mail : cettps@tnebnet.org







AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS


        TTPS has received cash awards along with shields, Medals & Certificates from the Govt of India for higher Productivity, Reduction in Auxiliary Consumption, Reduction in fuel Oil Consumption when the cash incentive reward scheme by the Govt. of India was in force.


        TTPS has received Gold shield under Government of India meritorious productivity Reward scheme for 4

years consecutively during   2000-2001, 2001-02, 2002-03 & 2003-04 for peak hour generation.

        Under the modified comprehensive Performance award scheme by the Govt. of India, TTPS has been

awarded Bronze shied for the year 2004-05.

Er. G.Sethuraman, Chief Engineer/Tuticorin Thermal Power Station receiving the Bronze Shield for meritorious performance during the year 2004-2005 from Dr. Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. on 21-03-2007
IS/ISO 9001:2008 award to TTPS

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