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NHPC Explores Renewable Energy

Plans in Telangana

r. A. K. Singh, CMD,
NHPC and Mr.
MJanardan Choudhary,
Director (Technical), NHPC
along with team from Renewable
Energy Division, NHPC held a
series of meetings with senior
Telangana State dignitaries at
Hyderabad to discuss NHPC’s
intentions for development of
techno-commercially viable Solar
Power Projects in Telegana State.
During their visit CMD, NHPC &
Director (Technical), NHPC held Mr. A. K. Singh, CMD, NHPC holding meeting with Telangana State dignitaries in
discussions with Mr. Ajay Mishra, Hyderabad.
IAS, Special Chief Secretary,
Energy Department, Government CMD, NHPC also met Mr. N. Ramakrishna, Project Director,
of Telangana, Mr. Prabhakar Rao, Janaiah, Vice Chairman & Mana- TSREDCO and held discus-
CMD, TSTRANSCO and other ging Director, Telangana State sions regarding development
top government functionaries Renewable Energy Development of Floating Solar, Ground
on the possibilities of coopera- Corporation (TSREDCO) along Mounted and Canal Top Solar
tion in the Renewable Energy in with Mr. G. Prasad, General projects in association with
Telangana. Manager, TSREDCO and Mr. TSREDCO.

NTPC’s installed capacity crosses 62,000

MW with NEEPCO, THDCIL Acquisitions

- Largest Power Producer Ends FY20 with 13% Addition in Total Installed Capacity-
- NTPC Augments its Hydro Portfolio by 2,625 MW

TPC Ltd announced capacity stood at 55,126 MW. commercial capacity now stands
that its total installed The overall hydro portfolio of at 62110 MW and 61126 respec-
Ncapacity at the group NTPC Ltd has reached 3,425 tively. The present installed
level has risen to 62,110 MW after MW. Further, overall addition capacity of NTPC group com-
stake acquisitions in NEEPCO & in the capacity of India’s larg- prises 45 NTPC Stations i.e. 24
THDCIL. With completion of the est power producer includes Coal based, 7 combined cy-
twin acquisitions, NTPC Group 1,757 MW of NEEPCO and 1,537 cle gas/liquid fuel, 1 Hydro,
has added nearly 13% capac- MW of THDCIL, which includes 13 Renewables and 25 JV &
ity in the current financial year additions in Hydro, Wind, Subsidiaries stations i.e. 9 Coal,
that ended on March 31. At the Gas and Solar projects. NTPC 4 Gas/liquid fuel, 8 Hydro, 4
end of March 2019, NTPC’s total Group’s total installed and Renewables.

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