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The installed generation capacity of state-owned utility has crossed 38,000 MW, after the commissioning of the fifth 500-MW unit of Rihand thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh.
“The Unit-5 of 500-MW of Rihand thermal power project in UP has been commissioned today. NTPC is now a 38,014-MW Company,” NTPC said in a statement today.
The total capacity of Rihand plant is 2,500 (5x500) MW.
NTPC also added a 500-MW unit at Mauda, Maharashtra in April 2012, the statement said.
The total installed capacity of NTPC is now 38,014 MW, with 15 coal-based, seven gas-based power stations and seven joint venture or subsidiary power projects located across India.
Capacity expansion
NTPC is currently working on over 18,000-MW new capacity and plans to become 1,28,000-MW plus company by 2032, the statement said.
The company added 9,610 MW of electricity in the XIth Five Year Plan Period (2007-11), of which 2,820 MW was added during 2011-12.
NTPC expects to almost double its investment for expansion activities to Rs 21,000 crore in the current fiscal. It had spent about Rs 11,000 crore in 2011-12.
Coal import
Meanwhile, the company has plans to import about 14 million tonnes of coal this financial year. The company imported 12 mt in 2011-12.
The company had posted nearly five per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 9,814.66 crore for the year ended March 31, 2012.
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