India’s largest energy conglomerate NTPC ltd has sought 1.52 hectares of revenue forest land for developing an approach road to the plant area of upcoming 2 X 800 MW lara Super Thermal Power Project in Raigarh district.
The matter is pending for final clearance with the State Forest Department, officials stated. Significantly, the power to be generated by upcoming NTPC ltd’s Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) at lara in Raigarh district will be supplied to Chhattisgarh , Goa and Maharashtra states, they stated.
The project is most likely to go on stream by March 2017. Significantly, NTPC the largest power utility of the country recorded highest single day generation of 733.12 MUs, the highest so far in this Financial Year from its 18 coal based, 7 gas based, 8 solar and Hydro power stations on August 27, 2015. The Declared Cumulative Capability of the stations was 91.10 % and Plant load factor ( PlF) of 86.34 % on the day.
During financial year 2014-15, NTPC Group contributed 25% of total electricity generated in India with 16% share of Country’s total installed capacity as on 31.03.2015. NTPC recorded Gross generation of 241.261 BUs (stand-alone) in FY 2014-15 registering a growth of 3.42%. Plant load Factor (PlF) of NTPC’s coal stations was 80.23% against national average of 64.46%. Two stations recorded more than 90% PlF.
All NTPC stations achieved Plant Availability of or above 83%. Four coal stations of NTPC featured among the top 10 stations of the Country in terms of PlF in FY 2014-15. Notably, the Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding each with the states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for critical coal connectivity projects to improve transportation of coal, officials informed.