NTPC adds 500 MW unit in Chhattisgarh

NTPC has added a 500 MW coal fired unit at Korba in Chhattisgarh.

National Thermal Power Corporation in statement said that the new unit of Korba super thermal power station in Chhattisgarh has been synchronized with the grid.

The Korba project of NTPC, based some 240 km north of capital Raipur, already has three units of 200 MW each in Stage-I and three units of 500 MW each in Stage-II.

According to the Indo-Asian News Service, NTPC is also setting up a 4,000 MW thermal plant in Chhattisgarh's Lara village in the coal rich Raigarh district. The project will have five 800 MW units to be built with ultra super critical technology.