State-owned utility NTPC today said its installed generation capacity has crossed 38,000 MW, after the commissioning of the fifth 500 MW unit of Rihand thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh.
NTPC Ltd, India’s biggest power producer, said it plans to spend as much as $15 billion (Rs 82, 521 crore) over a decade to secure overseas coal supplies as prices of the fuel tumble to a 19-month-low.
International Coal Ventures is set for a restructuring following NTPC and Coal India's intent to exit from the consortium, but existing members would prefer sharing stakes among themselves than inducting a new partner.
Maharatna major NTPC’s maiden overseas venture at Khulna in Bangladesh has now run into an environment hurdle due to its proximity to the world’s largest mangrove forest Sunderbans.
NTPC’s reservation in signing the fuel supply agreement (FSA) with Coal India Ltd (CIL) will not impact the country’s largest power producer, as CIL will not restrict supply of fuel in the current financial year, even if the agreements are not
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The 3,000MW NTPC-Kaniha power station which consumes about 55,000 tonne of coal per day has introduced various environment friendly steps to control both water and air pollution strictly as per the norms of state pollution control board.
The brokerage says NTPC's cut in its planned capex addition because of delays in coal availability and environmental clearances will bring down five-year compound annual growth rates to an expected 10% from 15%.
Country's largest power producer NTPC may not be able to add at least 12,500 MW of generation capacity, if the coal supply issues are not resolved in the next couple of months, a top company official said.
Country's largest power producer NTPC today reported a 7% slip in net profit at Rs 2,593 crore for the quarter ended March 2012. In the year-ago period it was Rs 2,781 crore.
While Coal India Ltd (CIL) has signed at least 10 fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power companies, concerns of the country’s largest power producer, NTPC, are yet to be settled.
Emerson Process Management (EPM), an outfit of the US-based technology and engineering company Emerson, stated that it had successfully completed the automation package for the NTPC Simhadri Stage-II 2x500 Mw super-thermal power project.
State-run NTPC did not sign the fuel supply agreement with Coal India (CIL) as the power producer did not agree with the terms, said S Narsing Rao who today took charge as the coal major's CMD.
The damaged ash dam did not distress the power production in the Korba station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) as the fiscal 2011-12 ended with a good note.
The financial performance of companies in the infrastructure segment (construction, capital goods and power) is expected to disappoint in the January–March 2012 period, despite this historically being the busiest and most active quarter.
The utility major National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has expressed confidence to cross its power generation target during the 12th five year plan.
NTPC has agreed to supply the entire power of the soon-to-be-commissioned 500-Mw fourth unit of Simhadri project at Visakhapatnam to Andhra Pradesh in the next 3-4 month owing to the local supply-demand scenario, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said
Power producer NTPC's 7 million tons per annum (mtpa) coal mining project in Orissa has been recommended for green clearance, but with certain riders, by a committee of Environment Ministry.
State-run power producer NTPC has added a record capacity of 2,820 Mw during the year 2011-12, surpassing its earlier record of 2,490 Mw during 2010-11. The company has a total capacity of 37,000 Mw now.
