MoP - Ministry of Power

PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS
1.0 The National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd., a
Generating Company as defined under Section 2(4A) of the
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, was incorporated in November,
1975 with the mandate for planning, promoting and organizing
integrated development of thermal power (including
Associated Transmission Systems) in the country. The
Company has acquired a new identity, “NTPC Limited” in
November, 2005. This new identity signifies that the Company
has diversified its operations beyond thermal power segment
and has added new business activities by way of forward,
backward and lateral integration, to be an integrated power
company with presence across entire energy value chain.
Today NTPC Ltd. is the leading power generating schedule
‘A’ Navratna Company of Government of India with a
diversified portfolio. NTPC Ltd. has a vision to become “A
World class integrated power major, powering India’s
growth, with increasing global presence”. The total
approved investment of the Company as on 30.11.2007
stands at Rs. 117183.78 crores.
Presently, NTPC has to its credit coal based thermal power
stations at 15 locations and gas/ liquid fuel based combined
cycle power stations at 7 locations, this includes Badarpur
(705 MW) in Delhi which has been taken over by NTPC w.e.f.
1st June’2006 from GOI. The commissioned capacity of these
NTPC owned stations is 26,850 MW. In addition to this, 1,794
MW generation capacity has been acquired/ setup by NTPC
under Joint Ventures at 4 locations. Thus total present
installed generation capacity of NTPC is 28,644 MW as
on 30.11.2007 (details enclosed at Annexure-I).
2.0 NTPC PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS (as on
30.11.2007)
During the year 2007-08 up to 30.11.2007, a
record generation of over 129631 Million Units
was achieved, as against the last year’s
generation of 119832 Million Units during the same
period registering an increase of 8.18% over the
previous year’s period.
During the year 2007-08 (till November 2007),
following TEN NTPC coal stations achieved more
than 85% PLF : Dadri (Coal) (95.1%), Unchahar
(94.9%), Korba (93.5%), Rihand (92.6%), Tanda
(90.8%), Vindhyachal (90.7%), Talcher (Kaniha)
(90.2%), Singrauli (89.8%), Kahalgaon (89.0%)
and Ramagundam (86.2%).
The company is at present implementing
FIFTEEN power projects with a capacity of
13360 MW.
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NTPC LIMITED
During the year 2007-08 up to 30.11.2007, 1240
MW has already been commissioned. This
includes first 500 MW Unit of Sipat Stage-II
commissioned in May 2007 and 740 MW Block-
III of RGPPL revived under joint venture during
June-October 2007.
So far, NTPC has been allotted 8 coal blocks by
Government of India including 1 coal block allotted
during the year. These blocks include 2 coal blocks
for development through a 50:50 Joint Venture
between NTPC and Coal India Limited. Together
these blocks are expected to produce about 47
Million tonnes of coal per annum by 2017.
During the year 2007-08, NVVN traded 2219.58
MUs upto 30.11.07 and transacted business with
24 State Utilities.
Major awards and rankings received by NTPC
during the year 2007-08 are :
Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence
in Corporate Governance 2007 to NTPC by
Institute of Directors.
SCOPE Meritorious Award for Good Corporate
Governance 2005-06.
Six NTPC Stations received coveted CII-EXIM
Excellence Award 2007. Simhadri Station
received award for ‘Significant Achievement’, while
other five received award for ‘Strong Commitment
to Excel’.
NTPC identified as the 2007 Platts Top 250
Global Energy Company and ranked as no. 1
Independent Power Producer in Asia.
3.0 NTPC STATIONS & GENERATION PERFORMANCE
(as on 30.11.2007)
NTPC Stations: As on 30.11.2007, a total capacity of 28644
MW is under operation at various NTPC stations. This
comprises 35 units of 200/210 MW at Singrauli, Korba,
Ramagundam, Farakka, Vindhyachal, Dadri, Unchahar,
Kahalgaon, and Badarpur, 29 units of 500 MW at Singrauli,
Korba, Ramagundam, Farakka, Vindhaychal, Rihand,
Kahalgaon, Talcher-Kaniha Simhadri and Sipat, 6 units of
110 MW at Tanda and Talcher, 4 units of 60 MW at Talcher, 3
units of 95 MW at Badarpur and 22 Gas Turbines and 10
Steam Turbines at Anta, Auraiya, Kawas, Dadri, Jhanor
Gandhar, Kayamkulam and Faridabad combined cycle power
plants and 314 MW (4x60+2x30+1x14 MW) Captive Power
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