NTPC Renewable Energy Limited declares Commercial Operation of its Maiden Project – the 50 MW Dayapar Wind Project in Kachch, Gujarat

NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, has declared the commercial operation of its first project, the 50 MW wind project at Dayapar in Kachch, Gujarat, today, 4th November 2023. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC Group has become 73,874 MW, and the total RE operational capacity of NTPC Group now stands at 3,364 MW.

Dayapar Wind is the first project of NTPC REL and the first capacity in India to be declared commercial under the new Indian Electricity Grid Code and General Network Access Regime.

Apart from Dayapar Wind, there are 15 other RE projects under different stages of execution, totaling to a capacity of 6,210 MW.ย  Also, when fully commissioned, Dayapar Wind Complex will add 450 MW to NTPCโ€™s existing wind portfolio of 100 MW.

In addition to solar and wind capacity, NTPC REL is also investing in Green Hydrogen technologies. Based on green hydrogen storage and microgrid principle, it is setting up a large capacity in Ladakh.

NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL), another wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, has commissioned an RE capacity of 2,711 MW and is setting up two solar projects, namely a 40 MW Solar project at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and a Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka in Andhra Pradesh.

NTPC REL was incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC on 7th October 2020, to accelerate the RE capacity addition of NTPC.

As part of long-term growth plan and sustainability, NTPC targets to have 60 GW Renewable Energy capacity by 2032; it now has a pipeline of 20 GW+ RE capacity.

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