Indian energy giant NTPC is planning to add 13000 MW of power generation capacity by the end of the country’s eleventh Five Year Plan in 2012, a huge contribution to the government’s plan to add 68000 MW by that time.
NTPC aims to become a 75000 MW company by 2017 and on its record has the core competency to achieve this feat. It is India’s largest power company and already has has an installed capacity of about 32000 MW. It operates 15 coal fired, 7 gas fired and 4 other power stations, accounting for nearly a third of the country’s total electricity output during the year 2008-09. It has been allocated six coal blocks for captive usage which are expected to produce 48 million tonnes per annum.
