| Type | State-owned enterprise Public company |
|---|---|
| Traded as | BSE: 532555 NSE: NTPC |
| Industry | Utilities (energy) |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Delhi, India |
| Key people | Arup Roy Choudhury (Chairman & MD)[1] |
| Products | electrical power natural gas |
| Services | Electricity generation and distribution natural gas exploration, production, transportation and distribution |
| Revenue | 50,188.52 crore (US$9.54 billion) (2009–10)[2] |
| Net income | 8,837.65 crore (US$1.68 billion)(2009–10)[2] |
| Employees | 25,944 (2010) |
| Website | www.ntpc.co.in |
NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) (BSE: 532555, NSE: NTPC) is the largest Indian state-owned energy service provider based in New Delhi, India. It is listed in Forbes Global 2000 for 2011 ranked it 348th[3] in the world. It is an Indian public sector company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange although at present the Government of India holds 84.5% (after divestment the stake by Indian government on 19th October, 2009) of its equity. With a current generating capacity of 36,014 MW, NTPC has embarked on plans to become a 75,000 MW company by 2017. It was founded on November 7, 1975.
NTPC's core business is engineering, construction and operation of power generating plants and providing consultancy to power utilities in India and abroad.
The total installed capacity of the company is 36,014 MW (including JVs) with 15 coal based and 7 gas based stations, located across the country. In addition under JVs, 5 stations are coal based & another station uses naphtha/LNG as fuel. By 2017, the power generation portfolio is expected to have a diversified fuel mix with coal based capacity of around 27,535 MW, 3,955 MW through gas, 1,328 MW through Hydro generation, about 1400 MW from nuclear sources and around 1000 MW from Renewable Energy Sources (RES). NTPC has adopted a multi-pronged growth strategy which includes capacity addition through green field projects, expansion of existing stations, joint ventures, subsidiaries and takeover of stations.
NTPC has been operating its plants at high efficiency levels. Although the company has 19% of the total national capacity it contributes 29% of total power generation due to its focus on high efficiency. NTPC’s share at 31 Mar 2001 of the total installed capacity of the country was 24.51% and it generated 29.68% of the power of the country in 2008–09. Every fourth home in India is lit by NTPC. As at 31 Mar 2011 NTPC's share of the country's total installed capacity is 17.75% and it generated 27.4% of the power generation of the country in 2010–11. NTPC is lighting every third bulb in India. 170.88BU of electricity was produced by its stations 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 for the same quarter in the previous financial year. 2005).
Pursuant to a special resolution passed by the Shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting 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 primary reason for this is the company's foray into hydro and nuclear based power generation along with backward integration by coal mining.
(NTPC) is in the 138th position in Fortune 500 in 2009. 10 Indian companies make it to FT's top 500
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The company recruits every year through a highly competitive ET test. Every year about 1.5 Lacs students take the exam and 500–600 candidates are selected after an interview.
The Stream wise distribution is as follows
The company officials also visit the prestigious institutions in the country like IITs including ITBHU and ISM Dhanbad, DTU, BITS-Pilani, BIT Mesr and the NITs to recruit ETs.It started from the year 2007 to reduce the recruitment cost to company.NTPC won the PSU Excellence award 2010 in the best financial performance category.
The company has also set a serious goal of having 50000 MW of installed capacity by 2012 and 75000 MW by 2017. The company has taken many steps like step-up its recruitment, reviewing feasibilities of various sites for project implementations etc. and has been quite successful till date. NTPC will invest about Rs 20,000 crore to set up a 3,900-megawatt (Mw) coal-based power project in Madhya Pradesh. Company will also start coal production from its captive mine in Jharkhand in 2011–12, for which the company will be investing about Rs 1,800 crore[4]
India, as a developing country is characterised by increase in demand for electricity and as of moment the power plants are able to meet only about 60–75% of this demand on an yearly average. The only way to meet the requirement completely is to achieve a rate of power capacity addition (implementing power projects) higher than the rate of demand addition. NTPC strives to achieve this and undoubtedly leads in sharing this burden on the country.
NTPC Limited is divided in 8 HQ.
| Sr. No. | Headquarter | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NCRHQ | Delhi |
| 2 | ER-I, HQ | Patna |
| 3 | ER-II, HQ | Bhubaneshwar |
| 4 | NRHQ | Lucknow |
| 5 | SR HQ | Hyderabad |
| 6 | WR-I HQ | Mumbai |
| 7 | Hydro HQ | Delhi |
| 8 | WR-II HQ | Raipur |
| Sr. No. | City | State | Inst.Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singrauli | Madhya Pradesh | 2,000 | ||
| 2 | Korba | Chhattisgarh | 2,600 | ||
| 3 | Ramagundam | Andhra Pradesh | 2,600 | ||
| 4 | Farakka | West Bengal | 2,100 | ||
| 5 | Vindhyachal | Uttar Pradesh | 3,260 | ||
| 6 | Rihand | Uttar Pradesh | 2,000 | ||
| 7 | Kahalgaon | Bihar | 2,340 | ||
| 8 | Dadri (NTPC Dadri) | Uttar Pradesh | 1,820 | ||
| 9 | Talcher | Orissa | 3,000 | ||
| 10 | Unchahar | Uttar Pradesh | 1,050 | ||
| 11 | Talcher Thermal | Orissa | 460 | ||
| 12 | Simhadri | Andhra Pradesh | 1,500 | ||
| 13 | Tanda | Uttar Pradesh | 440 | ||
| 14 | Badarpur (BTPS) | Delhi | 705 | ||
| 15 | Sipat | Chhattisgarh | 1660 | ||
| 16 | Sipat (erection phase) | Chhattisgarh | 1980 | ||
| 17 | Bongaigaon (erection phase) | Assam | 750 | ||
| 18 | Mouda (erection phase) | Maharashtra | 1000 (2x500 MW) | ||
| Total | 27,535 |
| Sr. No. | Name of the JV | City | State | Inst.Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSPCL | Durgapur | West Bengal | 120 |
| 2 | NSPCL | Rourkela | Orissa | 120 |
| 3 | NSPCL | Bhilai | Chhattisgarh | 574 |
| 4 | Nabinagar Power Generating Co. Pvt. Ltd. (NPGC) | Aurangabad | Bihar | 1980 |
| 5 | – | Kanti | Bihar | 110 |
| 6 | Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited | Nabinagar | Bihar | 1000 |
| – | 3904 |
| Sr. No. | City | State | Inst.Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anta | Rajasthan | 413 |
| 2 | Auraiya | Uttar Pradesh | 652 |
| 3 | Kawas | Gujarat | 645 |
| 4 | Dadri | Uttar Pradesh | 817 |
| 5 | Jhanor | Gujarat | 648 |
| 6 | Kayamkulam | Kerala | 350 |
| 7 | Faridabad | Haryana | 430 |
| Total | 3995 |
The company has also stepped up its hydroelectric power (hydel) projects implementation. Currently the company is mainly interested in the North-east India wherein the Ministry of Power in India has projected a hydel power feasibility of 3000 MW.
There are few run of the river hydro projects are under construction on tributory of the Ganges. In which three are being made by NTPC Limited. These are:
The Scheduling and Despatch of all the generating stations owned by National Thermal Power Corporation is done by the respective Regional Load Despatch Centres which are the apex body to ensure the integrated operation of the power system grid in the respective region. All these Load Despatch Centres comes under Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO).