The government today said NTPC would exceed the revised capacity addition target of 9,220 MW in the 11th five-year plan ending March 31, 2012. The state-run power giant has already added 4,480 MW capacity till January this year.
"Another 1,660 MW is expected to be commissioned by March 2011. During 2011-12, NTPC is targeting capacity addition of 4,320 MW. Therefore, NTPC will exceed the revised capacity addition target of 9,220 MW," Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
The capacity addition target was revised to 9,220 MW during the mid-term review in January 2010 from 17,760 MW.Meanwhile, as many as 13 power projects of NTPC are under construction. They include 1,000 MW Simhadri-II in Andhra Pradesh and 1,980 MW Barh STPP Stage-I in Bihar.
The company has also invited main plant bids for many projects, including the 1,320 MW Solapur STPP in Maharashtra.
At present, NTPC has an installed capacity of over 33,000 MW and operates 28 power stations. The country's largest power producer aims to have a capacity of 75,000 MW by 2017.
In another reply, Venugopal said that Chattisgarh would get 150 MW power from NTPC's Korba-III plant once it starts commercial operations.
He noted that recently Chattisgarh government wrote to the Power Ministry regarding additional allocation from the Korba-III plant.
"NTPC has decided to supply 75 MW power through short- term PPA as one time dispensation at the CERC tariff. With this, the state will get total supply of 150 MW power from the project one it starts running commercially," he said.
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