Important Power Plants in India
Nuclear power plants
Twenty nuclear power reactors produce 4,780.00 MW (2.9% of total installed base)
Power station State
Kudankulam Tamil Nadu
Kakrapar Gujarat
Kaiga Karnataka
Narora Uttar Pradesh
Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu
Tarapur Maharashtra
Rawatbhata Kota Rajasthan
The projects under construction are –
Kakrapar Gujarat
Power station State
Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu
Rawatbhata Rajasthan
Hydro Power Plants –
1. Bhakra Nangal Dam: on Sutlej River, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh with installed capacity: 1325 MW.
2. Hirakud Dam: On Mahanadi River, Orissa with the Installed capacity: 307.5 MW.
3. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam: on Krishna River, Andhra Pradesh with installed capacity: 816 MW.
4. Sardar Sarovar Dam: on Narmada River, Gujarat with installed capacity: 1,450 MW.
5.Tehri Dam: on Bhagirathi River, Uttarakhand with installed capacity: 1,000 MW.
Wind Power Plants –
Vankusawade Wind Park – Maharashtra
Muppandal wind farm – Tamilnadu
Kanjikode Wind Farm – Kerala
Madhya Pradesh Wind Farm – Madhya Pradesh
Vankusawade Wind Park – Karnataka
Thermal Power Plants –
Talcher power plant – Orissa
Vindyachal power plant – Madhya Pradesh
Korba power plant – Chhattisgarh
Ramagundam power plant – Andhra Pradesh
Farakka power plant – West Bengal
Singrauli power plant – MP
Dadri power plant – UP
N.B : It is to be mentioned here that after after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity,Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source of electricity in India.