NTPC, NGEL sign MoUs with RRVUNL

NTPC and NTPC Green Energy Limited has signed two separate non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RVUNL) to explore opportunities for adding supercritical units to the existing Chhabra thermal power plant. Additionally, the parties aim to implement measures to enhance efficiency and reduce the generation cost of the plant’s existing units. Furthermore, the MoU also includes the undertaking of 15 to 20-year annuity-based renovation and modernisation of old thermal units of RVUNL by NTPC or its affiliates. In a separate development, NTPC has announced that its electricity generation has crossed 400 billion units (BUs) in 2023-24 against 399.3 BUs in 2022-23. During 2023-24, the company recorded the highest ever single-day generation of 1,428 million units (MUs) on September 1, 2023.