National Thermal Power Corporation

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NTPC Limited
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Type Public
Founded 1975
Headquarters Delhi, India
Key people T Sankaralingam, Chairman & Managing Director
Industry Power Generation
Products Electricity
Revenue INR 261 billion (2006) or USD 5.91 billion
Net income INR 5.8 billion (2006) or USD 131 million
Employees 23867 (2006)
Website http://www.ntpc.co.in

National Thermal Power Corporation is the largest power generation company in India. The Forbes Global 2000 ranking for 2005 ranks it as the 5th leading company in India and the 486th leading company in the world. It is a public listed (Bombay Stock Exchange) Indian public sector company, with majority shares owned by the Government of India. At present, Government of India holds 89.5% of the total equity shares of the company and the balance 10.5% is held by FIIs, Domestic Banks, Public and others. NTPC ranks amongst the top five companies, in terms of market capitalisation.

NTPC's core business is engineering, construction and operation of power generating plants and also providing consultancy to power utilities in India and abroad. As on date the installed capacity of NTPC is 26, 404 MW through its 14 coal based (21,395 MW), 7 gas based (3,955 MW) and 4 Joint Venture Projects (1,054 MW).

NTPC’s share on 31 Mar 2006 in the total installed capacity of the country was 19.51% and it contributed 27.68% of the total power generation of the country during 2005-06. Thus, every fourth home in India is enlightened by NTPC. A total of 170.88 BUs of electricity was produced across all the stations of the company in the financial year 2005-2006. The Net Profit after Tax on March 31, 2006 was INR 58, 202 million. Net Profit after Tax for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 was INR 15528 million, which is 18.65% more than the same quarter in the previous financial year (2004-2005) where the profit was INR 13087 million.

Pursuant to special resolution passed by the Shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on September 23, 2005 and the approval of the Central Government under section 21 of the Companies Act, 1956, the name of the Company "National Thermal Power Corporation Limited" has been changed to "NTPC Limited" with effect from October 28, 2005.

The company, which has completed its thirty years of existence on November 7, 2005, has made its foray into hydro-power and is planning to go into nuclear too).


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[edit] Installed Capacity

[edit] NTPC Owned

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[edit] Owned by JVCs

  • 3 Coad Based JVC Plants 314* MW (* Captive Power Plant under JV with SAIL)

[edit] GRAND TOTAL

  • 26,404 MW


[edit] Coal Stations

Total - 21,395 MW

# Power Plant State Commissioned Capacity (MW)
1 Singrauli Uttar Pradesh 2,000
2 Korba Chattishgarh 2,100
3 Ramagundam Andhra Pradesh 2,600
4 Farakka West Bengal 1,600
5 Vindhyachal Madhya Pradesh 3,260
6 Rihand Uttar Pradesh 2,000
7 Kahalgaon Bihar 840
8 NCTPP Dadri Uttar Pradesh 840
9 Talcher Kaniha Orissa 3000
10 Unchahar Utter Pradesh 1050
11 Talcher Angul Orissa 460
12 Simhadri Andhra Pradesh 1,000
13 Tanda Uttar Pradesh 440
14 Badarpur Delhi 705

[edit] Gas/Liq. Fuel Stations

Total - 3955 MW

# Power Plant State Commissioned Capacity (MW)
15 Anta Rajasthan 413
16 Auraiya Uttar Pradesh 652
17 Kawas Gujrat 645
18 Dadri Uttar Pradesh 817
19 Jhanor-Gandhar Gujrat 648
20 Kayamkulam Kerala 350
21 Faridabad Haryanan 430

[edit] Captive Power Plant under JV with SAIL and GAIL

Total - 1054 MW

# Power Plant State Commissioned Capacity (MW)
22 Durgapur West Bengal 120
23 Rourkela Orissa 120
24 Bhilai Chattishgarh 74
25 Ratnagiri Gas Power Plant Limited Maharashtra 740

[edit] Capacity Addition

Additional capacity under implementation in 10'th Five Year Plan (2002-2007)

# Power Plant State Capacity (MW) Projected Commissioning Date
1 Unchahar Stage-3 Uttar Pradesh 210 Sept 2006
2 Kahalgaon Phase-2 (Stage-1) Unit-5 Bihar 500 Nov 2006
3 Vindhyachal Stage-3 Unit-9 Madhya Pradesh 500 July 2006
4 Kahalgaon Phase-2 (Stage-2) Unit-7 Bihar 500 Mar 2007
5 Kahalgaon Phase-2 (Stage-1) Unit-6 Bihar 500 May 2007
6 Sipat Stage-2 Unit-1 Chattishgarh 500 Jun 2007
7 Bhilai (JV with SAIL) Unit-1 Chattishgarh 250 Jul 2007
8 Vindhyachal Stage-3 Unit-10 Madhya Pradesh 500 Mar 2007
9 Bhilai (JV with SAIL) Unit-2 Chattishgarh 250 Oct 2007
10 Sipat Stage-2 Unit-2 Chattishgarh 500 Dec 2007
Total 4710 MW

[edit] See also

Electricity in India

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