NTPC’s 1320 MW Meja JV plant made fully operational

NEW DELHI: State-run power giant NTPC NSE -1.71 % on Friday said its 1,320 megawatt (MW) joint venture power plant at Meja, Uttar Pradesh, has been made fully operational with successful completion of trial operation of Unit-2 of 660 MW.

First unit of 660 MW of the joint venture Meja Urja Nigam was made commercially operational in April 2019.

“Based on achievement of approved norms, Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Meja Thermal Power Project of Meja Urja Nigam Pvt Ltd (MUNPL) (a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and UPRVUN Ltd) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of MUNPL and NTPC group,” a BSE filing said.

With this, the total installed capacity of the MUNPL and NTPC group has become 1,320 MW and 63,635 MW, respectively, it added.