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Malaysia's Petronas offers $460 mn for stake in NTPC's green arm: Report

The deal was the first time an Indian state-run company has offered a stake in a renewable energy arm and comes as the country's renewables sector is attracting increasing foreign investment

NTPC board to consider proposal to raise Rs 12,000 cr via NCDs on Jul 29

State-owned power giant NTPC on Friday said its board will consider a proposal to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore through the issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on July 29.

NTPC co-fires 77k tonne biomass at 14 thermal power plants: Official

State-owned power giant NTPC has co-fired 77,000 tonnes of biomass till date at 14 of its thermal power plants across the country, a company official said on Thursday. Company's Director (Operations) Ramesh Babu made the remarks at a workshop organised in Chandigarh in association with SAMART (Sustainable Agrarian Mission on use of Agro Residue in Thermal Power Plants) on 'Ex-situ utilisation of agricultural residue for co-firing in thermal power plants', NTPC said in a statement. The power ministry's policy on 'Biomass Utilization for Power Generation through Co-firing in Coal based Power Plants' issued in October 2021 mandates all thermal power plants in the country to use 5 to 10 per cent biomass along with coal for power production. In his address "Ramesh Babu, Director(Operations), NTPC Ltd, highlighted the potential of biomass as untapped resource, additional source of income, high scale of demand and favourable government policies. "He also informed about various initiatives

NTPC launches Girl Empowerment Mission in Assam, to train 40 minors

The programme -- Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM) -- is being conducted by the power major across the country since 2018 and was launched in Assam for the first time

NTPC clocks 21.7% growth in power generation at 104.4 bn units in June qtr

State-run power giant NTPC Ltd on Monday said it has registered a 21.7% growth in electricity generation at 104.4 billion units (BU) in the April-June quarter of this financial year

NTPC invites bid to raise Rs 5,000 cr via term-loan to fund capex

State-owned power giant NTPC has invited bids for raising term-loan of up to Rs 5,000 crore, which would be utilised for capital expenditure for ongoing or new electricity generation capacity addition projects. "Proceeds of the loan shall be utilised towards capital expenditure for ongoing/new capacity addition programme, including the takeover of projects, renewable energy projects, coal mining & washeries, renovation & modernisation program of various projects, refinancing of loans and general corporate purposes etc," as per the request for proposal (RFP) document. According to the document, the RFP is of up to Rs 5,000 crore term-loan sought by NTPC Ltd. The minimum amount of loan offered by banks or financial institutions will be Rs 500 crore and in multiples of Rs 500 crore. The bids will be opened on May 27, 2022. NTPC is the largest power producer in India in terms of both installed capacity and generation with an aggregate group installed capacity of 68,961.68 MW. The .

NTPC board okays discontinuation of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station

The power major on Thursday said its board has approved the proposal

NTPC to list 3 subsidiaries as part of Rs 15,000-crore asset monetisation

Sources said the company would start a pilot of producing green hydrogen at its Vindhaychal thermal power unit in Madhya Pradesh

NTPC declares its Energy Compact Goals for sustainability at UN dialogue

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has become the first energy company in the energy domain in India to declare its Energy Compact Goals as part of the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE).

NTPC snaps 4-day winning streak, declines 3% on profit-taking

In the last four trading sessions, the stock has risen nearly 10 per cent

Why the discoms may be pushing their luck too far on renewable power pacts

It has been a buyers market in clean energy so far. As consolidation happens, this could change in 2021

NTPC shares slip 5%, near 52-week low after multiple block deals

Till 01:20 pm, a combined 31 million equity shares, representing 0.3 per cent of NTPC's total equity, had changed hands on the NSE and BSE

NTPC opens up its plant premises for manufacturing units, invites EoIs

BHEL had floated a similar EoI, inviting global firms to leverage its facilities and capabilities to set up a manufacturing base in India.

NTPC to commission second 800-Mw unit at Darlipalli in Q2 of FY21

Odisha to get 470-Mw power; NTPC has signed purchase pacts with Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura, and will also feed some power to Bihar and Chhattisgarh

NTPC to synchronise 800 Mw unit of Darlipalli thermal power plant by March

Odisha will get 50 per cent power from this NTPC project. The Maharatna producer has already inked power purchase agreements (PPA) with states for the Darlipalli plant.

NTPC is running more than a dozen initiatives to get rid of fly ash

Of the 167 thermal units monitored by the Central Electricity Authority, 60 have met the 100 per cent ash utilisation target, including seven units of NTPC

NTPC to commission 250 Mw Bongaigaon thermal power unit in Assam by June

For the first time, desulphurisation technology will be used in the plant that will control emission of sulphur dioxide

NTPC may borrow Rs 160 billion in FY18 to add 6,900 Mw capacity by Mar 2019

NTPC has planned capital expenditure of Rs 230 billion for 2018-19, which includes both debt and equity, essentially for capacity addition through the greenfield route

NTPC offers fee-based operator model for stressed power plants

NTPC had decided on taking over stressed assets a few years ago

NTPC blast toll likely to rise; Rahul Gandhi visits Rae Bareli

Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra is also scheduled to visit Rae Bareli