NHPC all set to heat up thermal power sector
Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2009
ET reported that Indian hydroelectric power producer NHPC has decided to spread its wings nationally in the thermal power
business, a move that will put it into direct competition with larger peer NTPC, the country’s biggest power producer.
Since NHPC is not permitted to construct thermal power projects, it plans to realize its ambitions through its subsidiary,
Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corp.
The 51:49 subsidiary between the NHPC and the Madhya Pradesh government has a mandate to build the first coal-based
1,000 mw power project in Madhya Pradesh. It has already commissioned hydroelectric projects of 1,500 MW.
Mr SK Garg CMD of NHPC confirmed to ET that the company plans to expand the activities of its Madhya Pradesh-based
subsidiary. The company, however, requires state government’s approval to give NHDC a pan-Indian presence.
NHPC is only permitted to venture into renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and tidal power energy. The company
is executing a 3.75MW tidal power project in Durgaduani Mini Tidal Power in West Bengal. It has a generation capacity of
5,175 MW, entirely in the hydro sector. The company plans to add another 5,322 MW in the 11th Plan to scale up its hydro
power generation capacity to over 10,000 MW.
(Sourced from Economic Times)
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