NTPC to set up 4,000 MW power plant in Chhattisgarh

October 5th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has embarked on a plan to become a leading power producer in India, signing 61 deals with independent power producers (IPPs) to generate about 50,000 MW of electricity, an official said Monday. The coal-fired power projects will come up in northern Chhattisgarh, a coal-rich belt, on a total investment of around Rs.250,000 crore.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-owned power utility NTPC has asked the power ministry to ascertain whether the marketing margin levied by Reliance Industries (RIL) on gas from the Krishna Godavari basin was valid. In a Sep 23 letter to the power ministry, NTPC executive director T.K.

September 23rd, 2009 20 killed at power plant being built in IndiaNEW DELHI — A large chimney being built at a power plant in central India collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring five others, police said. Dozens of workers were feared trapped under the rubble.

September 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The state-owned National Aluminium Company (NALCO) is in talks with another public sector undertaking to set up a nuclear power plant in the country, an official said Sunday. The aluminium major is in talks with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to set up the plant for which the exact location is yet not finalised.

September 2nd, 2009 NOIDA - State-run power utility NTPC will not file a separate plea in the ongoing legal dispute between Reliance Industries and Reliance Natural Resources since the government has already moved an application to protect its own and the navratna firm's interests, a senior government official said Wednesday. "Since the petroleum ministry has come out in support of NTPC, there is no need for NTPC to go to the Supreme Court," Power Secretary H.S.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Petroleum Ministry on Wednesday assured its support to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the legal battle to get natural gas from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as per the rates decided in 2004. The ministry said it would not allow the interest of the NTPC to be compromised.

July 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Power utility NTPC Ltd has agreed to provide 35 percent of the electricity produced at its upcoming 500 MW stage-III Korba project to Chhattisgarh, a government statement said Thursday. "NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corp) has agreed to provide 175 MW power to Chhattisgarh from its 500 MW stage-III Korba project that will begin generation by February 2010," the statement said.

July 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - Power plant equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Saturday dispatched super-critical boiler columns, weighing a total of 100 tonnes, from its boiler plant in Tiruchirappalli to the NTPC-promoted Barh Thermal Project in Bihar. K. Ravikumar and R.S.Sharma, the CMDs of BHEL and NTPC respectively, flagged off the consignment at Tiruchirappalli, 300 km from here.

July 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - A 500-MW power plant near here stopped generating electrictiy merely two days after it was dedicated to the nation Sunday because of a severe shortage of coal. The plant, set up by NTPC-SAIL Power Co Ltd (NSPCL) - a joint venture between power utility NTPC Ltd and Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) - is located at Bhilai in Durg district, some 30 km west of Raipur.

June 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Decks have been cleared for the 4,000-MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Chhattisgarh as the central government has finally approved the project, ending months-long controversy. The government, which had earlier selected Chhattisgarh as one of the five states for setting up UMPPs, reportedly rejected the project last August as the state government stuck to its demand for 50 percent of power at "invariable cost" from the project.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run power major NTPC Ltd has signed a Rs.8,500-crore ($1.7-billion) loan agreement with State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, it was announced here Thursday. The agreement was signed by NTPC general manager (finance) M.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run power generation firm NTPC Ltd Wednesday reported 5.6 percent increase in its provisional net profit for 2008-09. NTPC, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corp, posted Rs.7,827.4 crore ($1.5 billion) as profit for 2008-09, compared to Rs.7,414.8 crore the year before, the company said in a statement.

February 8th, 2009 AIZAWL - A 460 MW hydroelectric project will be set up by state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Mizoram, officials said here Monday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NTPC and the Mizoram government to commission the Rs.30 billion power project in Sahia and Lawngtlai districts of southern Mizoram.

January 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - In an attempt to end the power crisis in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh will supply about 300 MW electricity to the southern state, an official said Sunday. 'We have formally approved the Karnataka government's request.

January 1st, 2009 RAIPUR - The second 500 MW stage-II unit of the state-owned National Thermal Power Corp's (NTPC) Sipat project in Chhattisgarh has begun commercial production, a company official said Friday. The approved capacity of Sipat Super Thermal Power Project, located some 140 km from here in Bilaspur district, is 2,980 MW.