Visakhapatnam: The Simhadri power station of the NTPC here is expected to generate about 14,720 million units this year, surpassing the last year generation of 12,663 million units, according to a senior company official. Simhadri station stands first among all NTPC coal stations in auxiliary power consumption (APC) and lowest trip/1000 hours of operation per unit, Group General Manager A K Samanth told reporters last night.
The Plant Load Factor (PLF) will be around 84 per cent this year and the main reason for shortfall was coal shortage, he said, adding the station availability factor is expected to be 91 per cent. The Simhadri unit of the NTPC was the first coastal coal fired thermal power project. The total capacity of the unit is 2,000 MW (stage one 2x500 and stage II 2x500 MW) and the total coal requirement this year is 120 lakh metric tonnes, he said. This year the station received 100 lakh metric tonnes of coal as against last year receipt of 90 lakh metric tonnes.
Efforts are on to receive total requirement of 120 lakh metric tonnes with the support of imported coal, Samanth said. The NTPC will take up 4,000 MW (5x800 MW) power station at Pudimadakka in the district and it will require 1,500 acres of land, which will be provided by the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. The NTPC board has given its clearance for going ahead with the land acquisition for the project, he added.
