NTPC Limited, India’s largest integrated energy company achieved 69,454 MW of group installed and commercial capacity with the commissioning of 56 MW Kawas Solar PV Project at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat.
The Power giant is steadily lowering its carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions with the installation of renewable energy projects in its existing stations as well as putting up green field RE projects. The Company has planned 262 MW floating solar on more than 1300 acres of its reservoir area. It plans to do this by installing over 9,50,000 PV modules at its various stations. 242 MW has already been commissioned as follows:
100 MW at Ramagundam in Telangana, India’s largest floating solar plant
92 MW at Kayamkulam in Kerala, and
25 MW each at Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh, and Kawas in Gujarat.
These projects would be instrumental in reducing over half a million tonnes of CO2 emissions on an annual basis. A saving of 5 trillion litres of water per annum, sufficient to meet the yearly water requirements of 15,000 households is also envisaged
NTPC has become the world’s first Energy major to declare its Energy Compact goals. Recently it has collaborated with Niti Aayog to achieve the ‘net zero’ targets.