NTPC, in a stock exchange filing, said that its floating solar plant in Andhra Pradesh has started commercial operations.
The filing noted that the 15-mw floating solar power asset located at Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh started commercial operations with effect from August 21, 2021, following its successful commissioning.
In addition to 10-mw of floating solar power capacity commissioned earlier, the total installed capacity of the Simhadri floating solar power project has risen to 25 mw. All of this capacity has started commercial operations.
This development has taken NTPC Group’s current commercial capacity to 65,850 mw as against installed capacity of 66,900 mw. Commercial capacity refers to that part of the installed capacity which has started commercial operations.
NTPC Group refers to NTPC Ltd along with its joint ventures and subsidiaries.
Speaking purely of NTPC Ltd, the total installed capacity currently stands at 53,475 mw, out of which 52,425 mw has started commercial operations.
Performance in FY21
In FY21, NTPC Group started commercial operations of 3,824 mw worth of power generation capacity from all sources – conventional and renewable. In FY20, this comparable metric was much higher at 8,260 mw.
As of March 31, 2021, NTPC Group had a total installed capacity of 66,885 mw. Out of this, around 80 per cent was owned by NTPC Ltd, while the remaining 20 per cent pertained to joint ventures and subsidiaries.
As of same date, coal-fired power generation plants accounted for 83 per cent of NTPC Group’s total installed capacity. The remaining 17 per cent came from relatively cleaner sources like gas, hydropower, solar and wind.
NTPC Group accounted for 17 per cent of India’s total installed capacity, as of March 31, 2021, whereas its share in total electricity generation during FY21 (April to March) stood at 23 per cent.
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