NTPC announces commercial operation of 8 MW capacity at Auraiya solar PV project

New Delhi: India's largest power generator NTPC Limited has announced the commercial operations of 8 MW capacity at its 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project. With this, NTPC has added 8 MW solar power to its renewable power generation portfolio. The remaining 12 MW solar capacity of the Auraiya Solar PV Project is under implementation and is expected to be operational by March 2021.

"Consequent upon successful commissioning, 8 MW part capacity of 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project at Auraiya, UP, has been declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 10.11.2020," the Maharatna PSU said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Tuesday.

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With this, NTPC and NTPC Group's total installed and commercial capacity now stands at 51,163 MW and 62,918 MW, respectively. The present installed capacity of NTPC group comprises 46 NTPC stations i.e. 24 coal-based, 7 combined cycle gas & liquid fuel, 1 hydro, 14 renewables and 25 JV and subsidiaries stations i.e. 9 Coal, 4 gas & liquid fuel, 8 hydro, 4 renewables. By 2025, the company planning to achieve the target of 1 lakh MW of capacity. 

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