NTPC clean energy press: Power giant explores nuclear endeavors; standalone and JV routes on table

State- possessed power significant NTPC is intending to establish nuclear tasks both via joint endeavors and on a standalone basis, Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has actually claimed.In a business paper, Singh claimed NTPC is working together with nuclear innovation service providers in addition to state federal governments to check out tasks individually. “We are collaborating with various nuclear technology providers and State governments to set-up projects on our own,” he claimed.At existing, NTPC Group’s set up capability stands at 82,926 MW throughout 53 NTPC- possessed terminals and 53 joint endeavor or subsidiary plants, extending coal, fluid gas, hydro and solar.In December 2024, Singh had actually revealed NTPC’s entrance right into the nuclear energy section, calling it important to enhancing the firm’s non-fossil profile. Speaking at the ‘Bihar Business Connect 2024’ top in Patna, he had actually claimed nuclear energy is anticipated to come to be exceptionally essential for the power field 20– three decades down the line.As component of this press, NTPC in 2015 operationalised Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Ltd (ASHVINI)– a joint endeavor with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), where NPCIL holds 51% and NTPC 49%. The firm has actually likewise established a brand-new subsidiary, NTPC Parmanu Urja Nigam Ltd, as component of its long-lasting dedication to clean baseload power, Singh claimed.