New Delhi: NTPC Talcher Thermal Power Station is set to see its capacity expand by 1320 MW after the Odisha state government approved an expansion plan. The expansion will cost state-run NTPC Limited an investment of Rs 7,698 crore. The project involves the setting up of two 660 MW supercritical power units on the existing premises of 460 MW Talcher Thermal Power Station in Odisha's Angul district. "These would be state-of-the-art 660 MW supercritical units," an NTPC official said.
NTPC Ltd's Board of Directors had cleared the expansion project in 2018. The existing facility has a generation capacity of 460 MW and comprises of 4 units of 60 MW and 2 units of 110 MW.
Earlier in December 2019, NTPC had commissioned its 800 MW unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project (DSTPP) in Odisha after a successful trial operation. Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station (DSTPP) of NTPC Limited is located at Darlipali village in Sundargarh district in Odisha. The total capacity of this plant is 1600-MW. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of NTPC Limited. For this plant, coal will be obtained from Dulanga and Pakri Barwadih coal block and water supply will be sourced from the Hirakund Reservoir on the Mahanadi River through a pipeline at over a distance of about 30.0 km from the project site.
The total installed capacity of the company is 58,156 MW (including JVs) with 24 coal-based, seven gas-based stations, two hydro-based stations and one wind-based station. As many as 10 joint venture stations are coal-based and 11 solar PV projects. The capacity will have a diversified fuel mix and by 2032, non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity shall make up nearly 30 percent of NTPC's portfolio. NTPC has been operating its plants at high-efficiency levels. Although the company has 15.56 percent of the total national capacity, it contributes 22.74 percent of total power generation due to its focus on high efficiency.