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Dhuvaran

Dhuvaran Oil Based Thermal Power Station

The Dhuvaran Thermal Power Station the first Power Station of erstwhile GEB. It is located near Khambhat in Anand District. It is Oil and Gas Based Power Station. There are four units of 63.5 MW each (Unit no. 1 to 4), two units of 140 MW each. (Unit no. 5 & 6) with a total installed capacity of 534 MW. All the above units are of General Electric, USA make. Commissioning dates of unit no. 1 to 6 are 12.07.1965, 29.04.1965, 17.02.1965, 17.12.1964, 27.05.1972 and 10.09.1972 respectively.

Unit no. 1 to 4 are retired from service and unit no. 5 & 6 are derated to 110 MW w. e. f. 20.04.2007

YEAR	GEN (MUs)	PLF (%)
2004-05	2114	45.20
2005-06	1459	31.20
2006-07	1330	28.44
2007-08	1348	63.34
2008-09	1188	61.64
2009-10	457	23.70

There is one Gas Turbine of 67.850 MW of GE make supplied by BHEL and one unit of 38.767 MW STG with total installed capacity of 106.617 MW. All the above units are of GE-BHEL make. Commissioning date of unit is 28.01.2004.

Dhuvaran Gas Based CCPP - I

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Dhuvaran Gas Based CCPP - II

There is one Gas Turbine of 72.51 MW of GE make supplied by BHEL and one unit of 39.94 MW STG with total installed capacity of 112.45 MW. All the above units are of GE-BHEL make. Gas Turbine (GT) was synchronised on 17.03.06 for first time in open cycle and STG was commissioned on 13.08.07. The unit is taken under commercial operation from 01.11.2007

YEAR	CCPP – 1		CCPP - 2
YEAR	GEN (MUs)	PLF (%)	GEN (MUs)	PLF (%)
2004-05	701	75.05	-	-
2005-06	732	78.45	-	-
2006-07	262	28.08	-	-
2007-08	706	75.37	408	76.32
2008-09	523	55.95	663	67.30
2009-10	580	62.09	778	78.99

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