At least 34 coal-based thermal power companies have offered to sell their projects
to NTPC, the country's main power creator. The Maharatna company, aiming to add
14,000 MW ability by 2017, had asked companies through announcement to offer
their trapped projects for assessment.
Informing the Rajya Sabha in this look upon,
Power
Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said NTPC had sought appearance of attention
(EOI) from state power boards, power age group companies, sovereign power
producers, among others, for contribution their coal-based thermal power
projects for probable attainment.
"Against this EOI, 34 proposals have been conventional," Goyal avowed.
The state-owned power age group firm is expectant of finalising these
proposals by the year-end. "It will appraise the superiority of gear of
these projects,
the
level of clearances they have achieved, coal ease of use and sourcing the
fuel in case of non-ease of use before trade these thermal power
stations," said Goyal. State owned NTPC is also supposedly in talks with confidential
power companies like L& T and Shapoorji Pallonji Group with a view to
taking over their trapped plants.
NTPC is at present constructing a 2,640 MW power plant in Barethi in
Chhattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh at a cost of about Rs 18,000 crore.
With its speculation plans of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the 12th Plan era
(2012-17), NTPC remains crucial to the government's effort to speed up public
sector venture to boost the wealth. NTPC has an installed capacity of 43,019 MW
through its 17 coal-based, seven gas-based, seven solar renewable and seven
joint venture power stations causal 28 per cent of the country's power conditions.
NTPC Chairman & Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury said the company
has plans to become a 1,28,000 MW company in terms of installed capacity, with
28 per cent coming from non-fossil fuel sources such as renewable, hydro and
nuclear.
