“NTPC is shaping up well for the future with its diversification plans and as a responsible corporate, NTPC is committed towards environment and the fast growing capacity addition in the renewable portfolio is testimony to the commitment”, said Union power minister RK Singh.
Singh was speaking on the occasion of 46th Raising Day of NTPC addressing the senior management of India’s largest power producer along with the employees and their family members through the digital platform.
Congratulating NTPC on its Raising Day, Singh said, “during the pandemic NTPC has ensured uninterrupted power supply to the nation reinforcing the significance of affordable power in our daily lives.” He further added, “NTPC is one of the largest companies in India and now they must strive hard to become one of the largest power producers globally. The company has remained nimble footed that has helped them to evolve stronger over the years.”
Fuel of the future
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary Power, congratulated NTPC for its glorious 45 years of excellence. Sahai said, “I am glad to see how NTPC is looking to reinvent itself and move forward with its investments in the renewable sphere.” He praised company’s efforts in mitigating pollution caused due to stubble burning by co-firing Biomass at its power plants. Sahay also emphasised on hydrogen as the fuel for future and commended the way NTPC is gearing up for its challenges.
Nearly 1800 mw in FY21
According to Gurdeep Singh, CMD NTPC, “We appreciate and acknowledge all those who have contributed to the growth of NTPC since 1975 and congratulate NTPC Family for its success over the years. In this financial year, we have added 1,784 mw in spite of challenges posed by the pandemic and ensured uninterrupted power supply to the nation. We are planning to achieve the target of 1 lakh mw of capacity by 2025 and are well placed with our diversification plans in distribution and expansion in renewable portfolio.”
Second unit of Lara STPP
In a related development, NTPC announced that the second unit of its 2×800-mw Lara super thermal power station (Stage-1) started commercial operation on November 7, 2020. The first unit of this supercritical coal-fired power plant in Chhattisgarh had turned commercial operation on October 1, 2019.
It may be recalled that on July 20, 2020, NTPC had announced that Unit-2, which has now started commercial operations, began trial operations.
It is learnt that while Doosan supplied the boilers (steam generators) to the Lara power project, the turbine-generators were provided by Hitachi, in collaboration with domestic company BGR Energy Systems.
With Unit-2 of Lara (Stage-1) now operational, the commercial capacity of NTPC has risen to 51,155 mw and that of NTPC Group (including subsidiaries and joint ventures) is 62,910 mw.
