NEW DELHI: State-run generation utility NTPC as a group pumped out 360 billion units (BU) of electricity in 2021-22, marking a 14.6% increase from a year ago, indicating a robust economic turnaround.
On a standalone basis, NTPC generated 299 BU in 2021-22, an increase of more than 10% from the previous year.
The country’s largest power producer also recorded the maximum single-day generation of 1,215.68 million units (MU) as a group and 1,013.45 MU (as a standalone generator during the fiscal.
The group’s coal-fired plants operated at an average 71% capacity, which was available almost 89% of the time, the company said on Thursday.
