NTPC’s thermal power proj to be commercially operational from Friday

NTPC on Friday said the second 880 MW unit of the Lara thermal power plant Stage-I in Chhattisgarh will be commercially operational from midnight tonight.

With this unit, the 1,600 MW (800 MW X 2) Lara project Stage-I would be fully commercially operational

In September last year, the 800 MW first unit of the project was made commercially operational.

“Unit-2 of 800 MW of Lara Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I (2 x 800 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation from 00:00 hours of November 7, 2020,” a BSE filing said.

With this, the commercial capacity of the NTPC and NTPC group will become 51,155 MW and 62,910 MW, respectively.