NTPC Rihand receives Certificate of Merit for Energy Conservation

New Delhi: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, an Indian Public Sector Undertaking has received a certificate of merit in the Thermal Power Plant (Coal based > 100MW) category from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency ( BEE) in an Award function held on Jan 11, 2021.

The certificate was presented by Shri R K Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, New and Renewable Energy, and Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Shri Balaji Iyengar,  ED, NTPC Rihand received the certificate via MS Teams. Shri Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, Secretary, Power and senior officials of BEE and participating organizations were present.

About NTPC Limited 
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, engaged in the business of generation of electricity and allied activities. The company has also ventured into oil and gas exploration and coal mining activities. It is the largest power company in India with an electric power generating capacity of 62,086 MW. Although the company has approx. 16% of the total national capacity contributes to over 25% of total power generation due to its focus on operating its power plants at higher efficiency levels (approx. 80.2% against the national PLF rate of 64.5%).NTPC currently produces 25 billion units of electricity per month.