NTPC REL Achieves Commercial Operation of First Wind Project of 50 MW

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NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, has announced the commercial operation of its wind first project. The said project is for a capacity of 50 MW at Dayapar in Kachch, Gujarat. With the commissioning of this project, the cumulative installed capacity of NTPC Group has become 73,874 MW while the total renewable energy operational capacity of the Group is presently 3,364 MW.

The 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, there are 15 other RE projects under different stages of execution, totalling to a capacity of 6,210 MW.  When fully commissioned, Dayapar Wind Complex will add 450 MW to NTPC’s existing wind portfolio of 100 MW.

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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.

NTPC REL was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC on October 7, 2020, to accelerate renewable energy capacity addition of NTPC.

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As part of long-term growth plan and sustainability, NTPC targets 60 GW Renewable Energy capacity by 2032. It now has a pipeline of over 20 GW RE capacity.

The GNA Regulations provide non-discriminatory access to the central transmission network to all power producers. While taking the access, power producers are only required to indicate the capacity and the time-block within which such capacity has to be transmitted.