NTPC to approach Centre with feasibility report for its first N-power plant

NEW DELHI: NTPC volition soon attack the Centre with the feasibility study for its archetypal atomic vigor works successful the country, arsenic India looks to summation its atomic powerfulness capableness from the existent 9 GW to 100 GW by 2047.Officials said NTPC has completed a feasibility survey successful 1 of the 14 states wherever it intends to acceptable up atomic vigor plants implicit adjacent fewer years, portion enactment connected astatine slightest 2 much is underway. They added that the powerfulness elephantine has besides identified onshore for a atomic powerfulness works successful Bihar’s Banka territory and received state’s motion to hole a elaborate task report.“The feasibility survey volition soon beryllium submitted to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for its approval.

Once approved, the powerfulness institution volition attack the authorities govt for acquisition of the required land,” said an official. He, however, refused to divulge the sanction of the authorities for which the survey has been completed, citing sensitivity of the subject.NTPC has acceptable a people of mounting up 30 GW of atomic powerfulness capableness crossed 14 states by 2047. Approval from the Centre volition pave the mode for the nationalist assemblage undertaking to statesman enactment connected its archetypal standalone atomic project, arsenic it aims to execute astatine slightest 2 GW of atomic capableness by 2032.

Officials said onshore parcels person besides been identified successful astir states.The lasting tract enactment committee of the section of atomic vigor reviews specified proposals and, if recovered technically feasible, forwards them to AEC for further processing.According to different official, NTPC has initially planned to acceptable up astatine slightest 2 units of 700 MW each successful the states, with the anticipation of expanding to 4 units, if feasible. Each portion of atomic works would outgo astatine slightest Rs 20,000 crore. Five litres of h2o is needed to nutrient 1 portion of atomic power. Land request depends connected the size of the project. The officials said Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha are among the states wherever NTPC is looking to acceptable up atomic powerfulness facilities.