KPCL Raichur Thermal Power Plant (Karnataka) RTPS KARNATAKA THERMAL POWER PLANT 210 MW× 07 250 MW 01

Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) is a coal-fired electric power station located at Yadlapur D(Shaktinagar) in the Raichur district of the state of Karnataka, India. It is operated by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and was the first thermal power plant to be set up in the state.[1][2] The power station was commissioned during various periods from 1985 and it accounts for about 70% of the total electricity generated in Karnataka.[3]
The project to construct the thermal power station was finalized in 1978 after an MOU was signed between KPCL and the Karnataka State Electricity Board.[4] TCE Consulting Engineers Ltd., a Tata Group company was appointed as the consultants for the project. The project involved two stages: Stage I, in which Units 1 and 2 were expected to be installed and Stage II, Units 3 and 4. each unit was expected to have an installed capacity of 210 MW. An area of 300 hectares was allocated for the units. Unit I of the plant was completed in March 1985, with Unit II following in March 1986.[4]
The construction of Unit III was started in 1986 and completed in March 1991 and the Unit IV was started in 1989 and completed in September 1994, thereby completing the Stage II. The total cost of Stage I of the project was Rs. 4,030,000,000 and of the Stage II was Rs. 9,830,000,000. The generators were supplied by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and the turbines by Kraftwerk Union AG (KWU) and Mitsubishi. In 1996, a further expansion of the plant was carried out, with an investment of Rs. 15,450,000,000.
Units 5 and 6 (each of 210 MW) were installed within three years.[5] Unit 7 (210 MW) which was completed within a record time of 25 months, was installed at the end of the year 2002[5] The total installed capacity of the power plant is 1,470 MW (7 x 210 MW). As of 2007, Unit 8, with an installed capacity of 250 MW, is being constructed and is expected to be operational by September 2009.[6]
Stage I (units 1 and 2) costing Rs. 403 crores in 1986.
Stage II (units 3 and 4) costing Rs. 983 crores in 1994.
Stage III (units 5 and 6) costing Rs. 1545 crores in 1999.
Stage IV (unit 7) costing Rs. 613 crores in 2002.
Stage IV (unit 8) costing Rs. 945 crores in 2010