NTPC Executive Director NK Kothari, addressing a Press meet here on Wednesday, said the cumulative power generation of NTPC in the financial year 2016-17 is 12,2509 MU and cumulative PlF of coal based stations till September 26 is 78.04 per cent.
The installed capacity of the NTPC stands at 47,228 MW, which includes 800 MW of hydro and 360 MW of solar generation capacity. The company also plans to generate solar power of 10,000 MW by 2022 and generate wind energy of 1,000 MW with focus to reduce carbon emission, Kothari informed.
NTPC plans for a total capacity addition of 24,000 MW with an investment of Rs 1.6 lakh crore. “In the financial year of 2016, our total cost of power generation was down to Rs 2.92 a unit against Rs 3.06 the previous year, due to reduction in both energy and capacity charges,” he said.
Under afforestation drive, the NTPC intends to plant 10 million trees during 2016-17. Further, the company has clocked 10 per cent increase in power generation in the first quarter of 2017 in comparison to the same period last year with an increase in generation from 58.70 BUs to 64.6 BUs. NTPC group achieved generation increase of 11.65 per cent during the period, he said.
Speaking on NTPC Talcher Kaniha plant, Kothari shared that during fiscal year 2016-17, it has generated 11,381 million units compared to 11,384 million units last year with current (plant load factor) PlF of 87.81 per cent as compared to last year PlF of 87.83 per cent. The station ranks 4th best power in the country in terms of PlF percentage.
Speaking on expansion plan of 800 MW X 2 at Talcher Kaniha, Kothari said the survey work and technical studies were completed and related reports were submitted to corporate centre for further action.
The Executive Director also gave details about the CSR activities of the plant.
Besides, Kothari spoke of the National Safety Awards (NSA) which the station received as winner under the scheme of Accident Free Year and lowest Average Frequency Rate in Accidents for 2014.
Among others, GM(O&M) lD Sahoo, AGM (Maintenance) PK Mahapatra, AGM(F&A) AK Ojha, GM(TS) NS Rao, GM(C&M) Arun Prasad, AGM(EMG) AK Kamilla were present.