NTPC’s Singrauli Unit Records Highest PLF among All Thermal Units in India between Apr-Dec 2020

State-owned power producer NTPC Ltd’s Singrauli unit in Uttar Pradesh (UP) has achieved the highest Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 100.24% among all thermal units in the country between April 2020 to December 2020, according to the data published by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

This is the company’s very first unit which was commissioned 38 years ago at Singrauli in UP.

In 1982, the 200 MW unit was commissioned and the robust PLF signifies the exceptional operational and maintenance efficiency at India’s largest power generation company.

Besides the exceptional feat achieved by unit-1, 3 other units of NTPC i.e. Singrauli unit-4 and Korba unit-1 & unit-2 in Chhattisgarh, have figured among top five performing units.

According to a statement issued by NTPC, the NTPC Group achieved highest gross generation of 222.4 Billion Unit (BU) from April to December 2020, an increase of 3.8 per cent as compared to the same period last year.

Concurrently, NTPC’s coal power stations have maintained high availability of 92.21 per cent from April 2020 to December 2020 as against 87.64 per cent during the same period last year. 

The 6 flagship power plants of NTPC i.e. NTPC Korba (2600 MW) and NTPC Sipat (2980 MW) in Chhattisgarh, NTPC Rihand (3000 MW) in Uttar Pradesh, NTPC Vindhyachal (4760 MW) in Madhya Pradesh, NTPC Talcher Thermal (460 MW) and NTPC Talcher Kaniha (3000 MW) in Odisha have also featured among the top 10 performing thermal plants in the country.

With a total installed capacity of 62.9 GW, NTPC Group has 71 power stations comprising of 24 Coal, 7 combined cycle Gas/Liquid Fuel, 1 Hydro, 14 Renewables along with 25 Subsidiary and JV Power Stations. The group has over 20 GW of capacity under construction, including 5 GW of renewable/hydro energy projects.