NTPC seeks bids for procurement of biomass pellets to co-fire thermal power plants

New Delhi: NTPC seeks bids for procurement of biomass pellets to co-fire thermal power plants Co-firing to help combat air pollution caused by burning of crop residue.

NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer and a PSU under Ministry of Power, has invited bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants on the basis of Domestic Competitive Basis (DCB) as part of its endeavour to reduce burning of crop residue on farmlands that cause air pollution.
 
The power producer has envisaged consumption of five million tonnes of pellets in the current year at its 17 its power plants including NTPC Korba (Chhattisgarh), NTPC Farakka (West Bengal), NTPC Dadri (Uttar Pradesh), NTPC Kudgi (Karnataka), NTPC Sipat (Chhattisgarh), and NTPC Rihand UP.
 

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