title: Mundra Thermal Power Station
text: # Mundra Thermal Power Station
  
  Mundra Thermal Power Station is located at Mundra in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Adani Power. The coal for the power plant is imported primarily from Bunyu, Indonesia. Source of water for the power plant is sea water from the Gulf of Kutch.
  
  It is the world's 11th-largest single location coal-based thermal power plant as well as India's second largest operational power plant after NTPC Vindhyanchal.
  
  ## Capacity
  
  The plant has nine power generating units, unit# 5 to 9 involves super-critical boiler technology.
  
  In July 2012 Adani Power have requested Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to increase the power tariff due to increase in price of coal imported from Indonesia.
  
  | Stage | Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1st | 1 | 330 | 2009 May |
  | 1st | 2 | 330 | 2010 |
  | 2nd | 3 | 330 | 2010 July |
  | 2nd | 4 | 330 | 2010 Nov |
  | 3rd | 5 | 660 | 2010 December |
  | 3rd | 6 | 660 | 2011 June |
  | 4th | 7 | 660 | 2011 October |
  | 4th | 8 | 660 | 2012 |
  | 4th | 9 | 660 | 2012 March |
  | Total | Nine | 4620 | |
  