Team News Riveting
New Delhi, June 28
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), country’s largest power producer, today announced the completion of the trial operation by 250-MW capacity unit of Barauni Thermal Power Station.
State-owned power generator had acquired the 720 Megawatt (Mw) Barauni thermal power plant in Begusarai district from Bihar State Power Generation Company Ltd. The station has 2 units of 110 Mw capacity each which were under Renovation and Modernization apart from 2 other units of 250 Mw capacity each under construction.
“In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, 2ndUnitof 250 MW capacity of Barauni Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 250MW) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 52650MW and 66075MW respectively.