NTPC’s generation capacity close to 30,000 MW

National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) has commissioned a 500-MW unit of a thermal power plant in Bihar, taking its total generation capacity in the country close to the 30,000 MW-mark. NTPC’s second unit of 500 MW of Kahalgaon Thermal Power Project - Stage II located in Bihar has been successfully test synchronized on March 16. With the commissioning of this unit, the commissioned capacity of Kahalgaon project is 1,840 MW and the company’s total installed capacity stands at 29,144 MW.