NTPC Vindhyachal Achieves Record Generation in FY 2018-19
New Delhi, April 04, 2019: India’s largest power station, NTPC’s Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station has set a record with generation of 37538.97 MUs in FY 2018-19. The plant with an installed capacity of 4760 MW, was able to surpass its previous best of 37496 MUs through enhanced operational efficiency. Achieving an annual Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 90.03% against the national average PLF of 60.85% for coal fired power stations, the plant has further been able to attain a leadership position basis its performance, recording the second best PLF among NTPC stations. Although, having a large fleet of 13 units (6×210 MW+ 7×500 MW) in operation, the plant has consistently been able to maintain a plant availability of 90% plus since the last 10 years.
In addition to reinforcing its efficiency in the domain of power generation, the plant has undertook efforts for environment conservation, synonymous with NTPC’s vision. It has successfully operationalized India’s first 100% FGD in its Unit 13, helping bring down SOx levels, while simultaneously started retrofitting FGD in 4X500MW Units, and is at the award stage for remaining units. Further, in a bid to reduce NOx, work for combustion modification in boiler has been awarded for 5X500 MW units. Vindhyachal has established 565KWp rooftop solar power generation capacity and concurrently operating a 15-MW grid connected solar power plant. Embracing energy conservation measures in its premises, the plant uses LED lighting and has set up electric vehicle charging stations.
In the domain of CSR, Vindhyachal piloted NTPC’s flagship programme, Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM) for girl child education and overall development, also adopted 20 Gram panchayats under NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District programme with focus on Health & Nutrition, Education & Sanitation. Further, under a 2 year MOU entered into with SEWA Bharat, Vocational training & developing market linkages is being promoted in Dress designing, Agarbatti, Teracotta and Detergent making along with ensuring Digital & Financial literacy of 6560 PAP (Project Affected Persons) women.
For its efforts, the NTPC Vindhyachal plant has garnered laurels, both within the organisation and those conferred by external organisations. The station bagged first position in its Business Excellence Parameters amongst all the NTPC’s operating stations and also received coveted Swarn Shakti Puraskar for outstanding CSR works. The accolades from external agencies include Genentech-HR Gold award for Employee Engagement, CII National Award for Customer Engagement and Satisfaction Practices, Golden Peacock Award for Training and also Sustainability, National Award For Energy Efficient Unit by CII, Green Tech -Gold Award for Environment Management, South Asia Team Excellence award, to name a few.
