Barh Super Thermal Power Station or NTPC Barh is located in Barh in the Indian state of Bihar.

About Barh NTPC

NTPC Barh is located barely four kilometres east of the Barh sub-division on National Highway-31 in Patna district.

The project has been named a mega power project, and is owned by Indian energy company National Thermal Power Corporation.

The 1,980MW (3x660 MW) Barh Stage-1 is being built by Russian firm Technopromexport (TPE), and 1,320MW (2x660 MW) Barh Stage-2 extension is being built by BHEL.

Bihar's share is 1183 MW from NTPC Barh(26% from stage 1 and 50% from stage 2).

The main power plant and the township is spread over an area of 1,186 acres.

The legal possession of 1,186 acres of land has been acquired for setting up the main power plant and its township which includes 12 villages.

Project Cost

The plant is to produce 3,300MW of power at a cost of over Rs 26,000 crore.

The total approved cost of stage-1 (660MWx3) has Rs 8,692.97 crore.

The total approved cost of stage-2 (unit 1) plant is Rs 7,688.12 crore.

Capacity

Unit-1 of stage-2 commissioned in November 2013.

Sikkim and West Bengal were allocated some share of power from NTPC Barh units.