New Delhi: (Power Sector News) A unit at state-run NTPC Limited's Singrauli plant has emerged as the top-performing power unit in the country in the first quarter of the current financial year, as per the data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) on Saturday. NTPC Singrauli is the oldest and a flagship power station of NTPC Ltd.
Unit 1 of NTPC Singrauli power station started generating power on February 13, 1982, and is still functional.
According to NTPC Limited, NTPC Singrauli has an installed capacity of 2,000 MW with five units of 200 MW each and two units of 500 MW each. Three units (1, 4 & 5) of 200 MW have achieved PLF (Plant Load Factor) of 101.96 percent, 101.85 percent and 100.35 percent, respectively, in the first quarter of the FY2020-21.
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is a public sector undertaking engaged in the business of generation of electricity and allied activities. NTPC Limited is India's largest energy conglomerate with roots planted way back in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. It is a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 and is promoted by the government. The present installed capacity of NTPC Limited is 62,110 MW (including 11,755 MW through JVs and subsidiaries), comprising of 70 NTPC stations (24 coal-based stations, 7 combined cycle gas and liquid fuel based stations, 2 hydro based station, 1 wind-based station), 25 Joint Venture stations (9 coal-based and 4 gas based) and 12 renewable energy projects.
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