State-run NTPC today said that it has commissioned a 500-Mw unit of its power project at Sipat in Chhattisgarh.
NTPC Ltd in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange said that a 500-Mw unit of Sipat Super Thermal Power Project in the state of Chhattisgarh has been successfully synchronised on August 13.
This is the second unit that has been commissioned in respect of Sipat Super Thermal Power Project slated to have an ultimate capacity of 2,980 Mw, the filing added.
With the commissioning of this unit, the total installed capacity of the Company stands at 29,894 Mw.
Shares of NTPC were trading at Rs 183.30, down 1.66 per cent in the afternoon trade on the BSE.