NTPC co-fires 77k tonne biomass at 14 thermal power plants: Official
State-owned power giant NTPC has co-fired 77,000 tonnes of biomass till date at 14 of its thermal power plants across the country, a company official said on Thursday.
Company’s Director (Operations) Ramesh Babu made the remarks at a workshop organised in Chandigarh in association with SAMART (Sustainable Agrarian Mission on use of Agro Residue in Thermal Power Plants) on ‘Ex-situ utilisation of agricultural residue for co-firing in thermal power plants’, NTPC said in a statement.
The power ministry’s policy on ‘Biomass Utilization for Power Generation through Co-firing in Coal based Power Plants’ issued in October 2021 mandates all thermal power plants in the country to use 5 to 10 per cent biomass along with coal for power production.
