NTPC’s Darlipali thermal plant to start in two years

BHUBANESHWAR. Feb 18,2016

 

 

 

 NTPC today said its Rs 13,000-crore Darlipali thermal power plant in Odisha’s Sundargarh district will be commissioned in two years.”The region has generated additional 242 million units till February 15 this financial year compared with the same period during 2014-15 and 2079 MU over the same period of 2013-14,” Arvind Kumar, NTPC’s Regional Executive Director,Eastern region II told reporters here.

 

 

 

Maintaining that the Darlipali power plant is likely to be commissioned by February  2018, Kumar said the project is estimated to cost Rs 13,000 crore and there has  been no escalation in the cost so far.In the current fiscal, NTPC eastern region II  takes the top spot in terms of plant load factor (PLF) achievement till January  2016, Kumar said, adding that both the operating stations are performing well.

 

 

 

“Eastern region II has also bagged the prestigious MoU Trophy for best performing  region in 2014-15 taking all the parameters into consideration,” he said.While  Talcher Thermal Power Station has achieved the first position with a PLF of 92.96  per cent, Talcher Super Thermal Power Station, Kaniha, came in third with 89.64 per  cent, said Kumar.About upcoming projects, Kumar said the thermal power plant with  1,600 MW (2×800 mw) installed capacity at Darlipali would cater to the energy  demand of the region and the nation as a whole.