Situated at Kanti in Distt. Muzzafarpur in Bihar Muzzafarpur Thermal Power Station belongs to Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam a subsidiary of NTPC ( 65%) in Joint Venture with Bihar State Power Generation Company (35%). Leading dignitaries from the State of Bihar were present on the occasion. Muzzafarpur Thermal Power station with a capacity of 2X110 MW was owned by BSEB both the units were under shut down. In order to revive the station, Govt. of Bihar handed over the station to a JV company formed by BSEB and NTPC. Project has 2 X 195 MW capacity under construction at present. Bihar will get 484MW from the project (220 MW from stage-I and 264 MW from stage II) which is 80% of the project capacity.
NTPC - Barh shall have ultimate capacity of 3300 MW capacity in two stages ( Stage1 :3X660 MW and Stage II : 2X660 MW).Situated in Patna Distt of Bihar, the project is identified to benefit Bihar and eastern region states. The Ministry of Power, Govt of India has allocated 50% power of stage-II and 26.42% power of stage-I to home state Bihar, balance has been allocated to States of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Sikkim.
NTPC presently has a capacity of over 3200 MW in Bihar from Kahalgaon( 2340MW) , Muzzafarpur I (220 MW) and Barh II (660MW). Total capacity under construction 6010 MW, from Barh-I, 1980 MW, Barh II - 660MW ( unit V), Nabinagar ( subsidiary of NTPC)- 1000MW, Muffaarpur II ( subsidiary of NTPC )- 390MW and Nabinagar I ( JV with BSEB) 1980MW. Current allocation of power to the state from NTPC 1864 MW, in coming years NTPC shall provide 3622 MW of power from its upcoming stations.
NTPC has an installed capacity of 43128 MW through 16 coal based, 7 gas based, 7 solar renewable and 7 Joint Venture power stations. The company has over 22,000 MW projects under construction at its various projects located across the country. NTPC has a vision to be the world's largest and best power producer, powering India's growth. NTPC contributes more than 25 percent of electricity in the country, with about 18% percent of India's installed capacity. Long term Corporate Plan of the company envisages a vision of becoming a 128000MW company by 2032 with 28% capacity from non-fossil sources.
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