Obra Thermal Power Station

Obra Thermal Power Station, Obra is located in Sonbhadra district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 13 km from Chopan Railway Station and about 125 km from Varanasi. The power plant holds the distinction of being the first 200 MW unit of India. It is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited

Operations
There are thirteen functioning units, all of which are coal-fired thermal power stations. The machinery for most of the units are from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The last unit of 200 MW was commissioned in 1982.

Capacity
Obra Thermal Power Station has a generating capacity of 1288 MW and an auxiliary bus charged from 3*33 mW hydro power plant. Constructions have been underway to add two units of 660 MW each to the power plant.