NTPC Simhadri to execute FGD to slash SO2 emissions

VISAKHAPATNAM: NTPC Simhadri, first coal fired coastal based station of NTPC, has witnessed a sharp decline in electricity demand during the pandemic and this has resulted in plummeting of plant load factor (PLF) to 43 per cent.

However, as the demand again picked up in the last few weeks and the plant will achieve its normal average PLF soon, according to group general manager Divakar Kaushik. There was a grid loss of 11,300 MU due to less demand for power most part of the year against 4,000 MU last year.