Administrator
20 March 2025
Test trial of the second 660MW unit of the North Karanpura Super Critical Thermal Power Plant of the NTPC at Tandwa was successful, report said.
The first 660MW unit of the same North Karanpura Super Critical Thermal Power Plant of the NTPC produced 3,712 million units from March 2023, when it was commissioned, till December 2023.
With the test trial successful the second unit will be commissioned soon. And now the work for the third one has begun with an aim to start production in November 2025.
The plant will supply power to states like Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal besides Jharkhand, according to the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed among the management of the NTPC and the respective states.
Deputy GM of the power plant, Dhiraj Kumar Gupta, is on record saying that 2024 was a crucial year for the NTPC as the two remaining units will start production in 2025.
The power plant uses advanced technology, consuming 60% less water as compared to conventional power generation stations.
The plant needs around 10,000 tonnes of coal daily to operate a single unit. Moreover, nearly 3,200 tonnes of ash are produced as waste daily while producing one unit of power. The byproduct is used to make fly ash bricks by the industries manufacturing cement, Gupta added.
