New Delhi: NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, has declared the commercial operation of its first wind power plant, with 50 MW capacity at Dayapar in Kachch, Gujarat, on Saturday.
With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC Ltd has gone up to 73,874 MW and the total RE operational capacity of the state own power generation company stands at 3,364 MW.
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Dayapar wind project is the first project of NTPC REL and the first capacity in India to be declared commercial under new Indian Electricity Grid Code and General Network Access Regime.
Apart from Dayapar wind project, there are 15 other RE projects under different stages of execution, totalling to a capacity of 6,210 MW. Also, when fully commissioned, Dayapar wind complex will add 450 MW to NTPC’s existing wind portfolio of 100 MW.
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In addition to solar and wind capacity, NTPC REL is also investing in green hydrogen technologies. Based on green hydrogen storage and microgrid principle, it is setting up a large capacity in Ladakh.
NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL), another wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, has commissioned RE capacity of 2,711 MW and is setting up two solar projects, namely a 40 MW solar project at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and a Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka in Andhra Pradesh.
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NTPC REL was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC on October 7, 2020, to accelerate RE capacity addition of NTPC. As part of long-term growth plan and sustainability, NTPC targets to have 60 GW renewable energy capacity by 2032; it now has a pipeline of 20 GW+ RE capacity.
The NTPC Ltd had forayed in to the wind energy sector first in 2016 when it launched work on a 50MW wind energy project in Gujarat in partnership with Inox Wind Limited.
