Coal crunch shuts down three units of NTPC’s plant in Odisha’s Kaniha

State-owned NTPC Ltd said on Monday it has shut down three 500 Mw units of the 3000 Mw (6×500) super thermal power station at Kaniha near Talcher after a workers strike at Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) snapped supply of the fuel.

NTPC’s Kaniha station has not got coal since July 25. Power production at the plant has dwindled to 1000 Mw against its capacity of 3000 Mw. NTPC Kaniha has been historically running its plant at a Plant Load Factor (PLF) exceeding 90 per cent. A statement by NTPC said the rest three units of the plant are running at ‘technical minimum’ with generation totaling to 900-1000 Mw.