With capacity addition of Unit-1 of 660 MW of Stage-II of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh and Unit -1 of 660MW of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 48645MW and 57106 MW respectively.
Khargone Super Thermal Power Station is the India’s first ultrasupercritical plant that operates at an efficiency of 41.5 per cent, the high efficiency will result in less coal consumption for generating same amount of electricity resulting in reduction of 3.3 per cent Carbon dioxide emissions.
NTPC currently operates 54 power stations (23 coal, 7 combined cycle gas/liquid fuel, 2 hydro, 1 wind and 11 solar projects) and has 10 coal and 1 gas station, owned by Joint ventures or subsidiaries taking the capacity to 57,106 MW. NTPC aims to achieve total installed capacity of 130 GW by 2032.
