Power crisis may come to an end as NTPC's Raigarh plant is operational now

NTPC on Wednesday said its 50 MW solar plant at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh is now fully operational. "With commencement of commercial operations of 20 MW solar unit on Wednesday, the capacity of Raigarh solar photo-voltaic (PV) plant has become 50 MW," NTPC said in a statement.

With this, the state-owned company's total capacity of non-conventional energy projects has reached 95 MW. NTPC is the largest power producer in the country, with an installed capacity of 43,039 MW.

Its 16 coal-based and seven gas-based plants, seven solar renewable and seven joint venture power stations contribute about 28 per cent of the country's electricity supplies. Shares of NTPC closed at Rs 116.25 on the BSE, down 1.23 per cent.