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NTPC has announced that power generation has started from its 200 MW NP Kunta ultra mega solar power project at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh.
NTPC in a BSE filing said “consequent upon testing and commissioning, 200 mw capacity (4X50 MW) of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I at Anantapur is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of May 9, 2016.”
State-run power producer NTPC added 2,255 MW capacity last fiscal. In the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-17), NTPC added 9,639 MW, making it the company’s highest capacity addition in a Plan period.
In the last Plan period, it added 9,610 MW capacities. The company has set a target of adding 11,900 MW capacity during the current Plan period ending in 2016-17. NTPC aims to build generation capacity of 128 GW by 2032 with a lot more emphasis on renewable energy.