Power crisis: NTPC shifts focus back to coal
NEW DELHI: In a shift from its policy of adding only green energy capacity, state-owned NTPC is planning to expand its coal-fired power generation capacity, first time in the past six years. The company’s decision to expand coal-based plant capacities came at a time when the country is witnessing excess power demand.
The company had earlier decided to set up only greenfield renewable capacities. NTPC is also planning to award contracts for two previously stalled expansion projects. According to the power generator, it will award a contract to construct a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired supercritical plant in Talcher, Odisha, in May. In Talcher, the company is reviving one of its oldest plants, a 460 MW unit that was shut in March last year after 54 years.
