The Central Transmission Utility (CTU) Powergrid Corporation of India ltd (POWERGRID) will soon be setting up a massive 800 kV, 6000 MW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Sub Station at Kotra village of the district.
The POWERGRID Company owns and operates about 1,22,412 circuit kms of transmission lines at 800/765kV, 400kV, 220kV and 132kV EHVAC & +500kV HVDC levels and 199 sub-stations across the country, officials stated.
On the other hand, notably, 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, officials stated. The project is most likely to go on stream by March 2017 . The coal requirement for the proposed plant would be met from Talaipalli Coal Block of Mand in Raigarh Coalfields, officials stated.
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 per cent and Plant load factor ( PlF) of 86.34 per cent on the day.
During financial year 2014-15, NTPC Group contributed 25 per cent of total electricity generated in India with 16 per cent share of Country’s total installed capacity as on March 31, 2015.
NTPC recorded Gross generation of 241.261 BUs (stand-alone) in FY 2014-15 registering a growth of 3.42 per cent. Plant load Factor (PlF) of NTPC’s coal stations was 80.23 per cent against national average of 64.46 per cent. Two stations recorded more than 90 per cent PlF.
All NTPC stations achieved Plant Availability of or above 83 per cent. 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.