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NTPC commissions first ultra-super critical 660 Mw unit in Madhya Pradesh

Plant runs at 41.5% efficiency, 3.3% higher than conventional super critical units, use less coal per Mw than conventional thermal power unit

NTPC slips 6% after it incorporates subsidiary to take up coal mining

If NTPC develops its own coal mining capability in the next 5-7 years, Coal India risks losing 100-120 million tonne (mt) of coal supply to NTPC, according to a Coal India official

L&T bags 'significant' order from NTPC to set up FGD system at MP plant

Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Monday said its power business has bagged a "significant" order from NTPC to set up flue gas desulphurisation system at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh. L&T has received engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order to set up flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) system at Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station at stage-I & II (6x210 mega watt (MW) & 2x500 MW, the company said in a BSE filing. This is in continuation to the order received for Stage III 0 IV (2x500 MW 0 2x500 MW) in September last year, it added. The company did not provide value of the contracts but said the orders fall under "significant" category which ranges between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore as per its classification of contracts. L&T said installation of FGD systems in existing and upcoming thermal power plants has been made mandatory by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), ...

Centre accepts NTPC's request for surrendering Kudanali-Luburi coal mine

The company in a public statement said the Union government has accepted the request of surrendering the mine

NTPC plans to spend Rs 20,000 cr on 5,000-Mw ultra mega solar park in Kutch

Company has identified a few locations already, is also exploring spot sales of solar power without getting into PPAs

NTPC net profit up 6% at Rs 2,840 crore in Q1 from Rs 2,688 crore

Total income on a consolidated basis rose to Rs 26,272.24 crore in the said quarter from Rs 24,148.50 crore a year ago

Coal crunch shuts down three units of NTPC's plant in Odisha's Kaniha

Power production at the plant has dwindled to 1000 Mw against its capacity of 3000 Mw

Discoms make a beeline for cheaper power supplied by NTPC under SCED

"A large number of discoms are availing benefit under the SCED system to get cheaper power supplies," a source said

NTPC to seek shareholder nod to raise Rs 15K crore, hike borrowing limit

The funds raised will be used for capex, working capital and general corporate purposes, an NTPC notice for annual general meeting (AGM) said

Four years on, auctioned coal mines still behind production target

After a Supreme Court judgment cancelled all coal mine allocations made over the past decade, the BJP-led central government held e-auction to reallocate them

NTPC aims peak capacity from Odisha's Dulanga coal block in two years

The coal block will feed state-owned NTPC's 1600 Mw super thermal power plant at Darlipalli near Sundargarh in Odisha.

Street plugs into NTPC, PowerGrid Corp despite structural challenges

Viewed as a play on yield, the two stocks are seen as safe bets amidst uncertainties

NTPC to expedite training of executives using machine learning, AI

Several senior executives would be retiring from the company, which has prompted NTPC to expedite training of mid-level executives using machine learning and artificial intelligence

NTPC net profit jumps 48.7% in March quarter amid fall in expenses

The company's total income slipped to Rs 22,545.61 crore in the March quarter from 23,617.83 crore year ago

NTPC tempers growth in coal-fired capacities, meets under 25% of FY19 goal

In 2018-19, the PSU major signalled intentions of abandoning coal-based projects amounting to 9.3 Gw in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha

NTPC raises $450 mn from foreign market to finance ongoing, new projects

State-run power giant NTPC Wednesday said it has raised USD 450 million (about Rs 3,105 crore) through five-year bond offering in the international market under its USD 6 billion (about Rs 41,400 crore) medium term notes (MTN) programme. NTPC had opened the issue of USD 450 million five-year bond offering in the international market on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. In terms of geographical distribution, Asia took the bulk of the subscription at 90 per cent (of the USD 450 million MTN), with supplemental demand of 10 per cent from Europe, Middle East & Africa and offshore US accounts, the statement said. The distribution of investors was well diversified as fund managers took 69 per cent of the subscription of the MTN issue, followed by banks with 22 per cent, insurance/pension with 8 per cent and PB (private banks)/others (wealth manager) with 1 per cent, it said. The company intends to use the proceeds of the issue to finance its ongoing and new power projects, coal ..

At 7.25 million tonnes, NTPC eyes 170% rise in FY19 captive coal production

However, at 7.25 million tonnes, the NTPC's captive coal production is still a fraction of its annual coal requirement of around 190 million tonnes

Profit upgrades for NTPC, Power Grid on new power tariffs regulations

Besides stable regulated returns, NTPC will get some respite on coal, O&M under-recoveries

2 yrs after workers death, NTPC admits to counterfeit pipes and their usage

In 2017, a worker was killed during an equipment test at NTPC's then under-construction Meja power plant in UP

NTPC to challenge Rs 2,000-crore arbitration award to Jindal ITF

NTPC would have to shell out around Rs 2,300 crore in the end going by the arbitration panel's decision, according to one of its lawyers