NTPC to add 30 Gw coal-based thermal capacity by 2032 to meet demand

All the additional capacity will come as brownfield expansion of its current thermal power units across the country

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State-owned NTPC, the country’s largest power generator, has jacked up its capacity addition target by financial year 2032 (FY32) to 30 gigawatt (Gw) from the earlier 26Gw to meet the rising power demand in the country.

 

All the additional capacity will come as brownfield or expansion of NTPC’s current thermal power units across the country.

 

India is looking at peak power demand to touch 270 Gw this year, a historic high. Last year, when power demand rose to record 240 Gw, coal based power was the mainstay with more than 75 per cent supply coming from thermal units.

 

NTPC holds the lion’s share of the country's overall electricity supply of up to 70 per cent.

 

The additional capacity planned to reach 30 Gw include four new plants at Barh (600 megawatt), North Karanpura (600 mw) and Patratu (1,600 mw). The final figure would also include Khurja thermal power plant (1,320 mw) of THDC, in which NTPC picked controlling stake in 2020.

 

In the current financial year, NTPC is aiming to add 3.6 Gw of new thermal power capacity. 

 

It is planning to award 8 Gw of capacity for various stages of construction during this financial year, a senior official said.

 

Senior company officials said the only thermal power plant to be retired by the end of the decade would be Tanda (400 mw).

 

The company which recently listed its green energy arm NTPC Green Energy Ltd will add 60 Gw of renewable energy capacity in the same period.

  In the last financial year, it added 3.9 Gw of RE and for the current financial year, it is aiming 5 Gw of RE addition to its capacity.