Stuck NTPC Talcher thermal project losing relevance amid muted demand

NTPC had issued a tender for the main plant package, comprising supply and installation of two units of 660 Mw at the Stage-III Talcher project

NTPC’s Talcher project in Odisha, where bidding for a boiler turbine generator (BTG) contract was conducted way back in July 2018 with BHEL as sole bidder, is a classic case of how thermal projects have lost steam in the country.

It is not just that the Odisha government delayed environment clearance, which finally came less than a year back. Even the unwillingness in taking a decision on the BHEL bid has worked in favour of the country’s largest power producer that is pulling itself out of coal-based generation. 

NTPC had issued a tender for the main plant package, comprising supply and installation