Tuesday 3 December 2013

NTPC to add 14,000 MW to its total capacity by 2016-17

With an aim to become a 128,000 MW utility in coming years, NTPC will add another 14,000 MW to its total capacity by the end of 2016-17. The installed capacity of NTPC at present is 42,500 MW which includes the capacity addition of 10,000 MW in the last three years.

The power company has registered a growth of 4.49% of power in this fiscal year in comparison to the last fiscal. The power production last year through the NTPC run power plants was 222.068 billion units which increased to 232.028 billion units.

The coal stations of the company also registered a growth of 6.67%. In the last fiscal the production from coal station was 199.054 units which have reached 212.39 units this fiscal. On the front of plant load factor, NTPC has scored over other power producers. The Plant Load Factor (PLF) at the coal station run by NTPC on an average was 87.63% while the national average of PLF was 69.93%.

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