NTPC to commission second 800-Mw unit at Darlipalli in Q2 of FY21

Odisha to get 470-Mw power; NTPC has signed purchase pacts with Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura, and will also feed some power to Bihar and Chhattisgarh

NTPC Ltd, the country's largest power generator, aims to commission the second 800-Mw unit of its super thermal power station at Darlipalli in Odisha in the second quarter of the next financial year.

The maharatna power producer commercialised the first 800-Mw unit on March 1 this year.

“Odisha is entitled to 470-Mw power from Darlipalli. We have tied up purchase agreements with Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura. Some power will also be fed to Bihar and Chhattisgarh,” said Sanjeev Kishore, Regional Executive Director (Eastern Region II), NTPC Ltd.

NTPC's power plants under the jurisdiction of Eastern Region II have an average Plant Load Factor