Mettur Thermal Power Station
The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired electric power station located in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. It is operated by Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited. The power station was commissioned during various periods from 1987 and this is the first inland thermal Power Station of TANGEDCO.The coal from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and Eastern Coalfields Limited are transported to the load ports of Paradip, Vizag and Haldia. Thereafter the coal is transported to the discharge ports of Ennore and Tuticorin by ships. From Ennore Port the coal is transported again through rail to Ennore Thermal Power Station and Mettur Thermal Power Station.
BGR Energy Systems Ltd was the EPC contractor for 600 MW unit 5 of the power plant.Plants
