NTPC to join OTPCL to set up a 2400 MW thermal power in Odisha.

Power major NTPC recently agreed to jointly develop a 2,400 MW thermal power plant in Dhenkanal district with state-owned Odisha Thermal Power Corporation.

NTPC CMD Arun Roy Choudhury, who met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during the day, said Odisha was important for NTPC. 'We are expanding projects in the state. The chief minister has suggested that we take up some projects.'

The NTPC CMD said 'We have been mandated to set up solar power projects of 3,000 MW across the state ... As Odisha is important state, we are keen for that too.'

The company, he said, has already agreed to set up a 1,000 MW solar power station in Andhra Pradesh, a 750 MW one in Madhya Pradesh and also in Rajasthan and Telangana.

During the meeting it was also decided that NTPC would be a partner in OTPCL's proposed 2400 (3x800) MW coal fired power plant to be set up at an investment of Rs. 10,000. The proposed unit would be set up at Kamakshyanagar in Dhenkanal distict, a release from the chief minister's office said.



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