NTPC proposes to foray into solar power generation business with addition of
301 MW through solar energy by March 2014.
Out of 301 MW, 190 MW is to be added through solar thermal technology and the
balance 111 MW through Solar PV technology. NTPC is expected to set up a grid
interactive 15 MW solar based power project at Anta in Rajasthan.
The company's Unit V (490 MW) of the national capital thermal power plant at
Dadri was synchronised with coal on 25 December 2009.
Meanwhile, NTPC is likely to invest Rs 565 crore to renovate and modernise
works of 2x210 MW (unit IV and unit V) of the 705 MW Badarpur Thermal Power
Station in Delhi.
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