National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) informed that it has commissioned first part of 80 MW of 160 MW Jetsar Solar PV Project in Rajasthan.
The plant commenced its commercial operations from October 22.
With this, the installed as well as commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 53,572.5 megawatt and 66,997.5 megawatt respectively, NTPC said in a regulatory filing.
Last week, NTPC has declared the unaudited financial results for Q2/H1 FY22. NTPC group has recorded gross generation of 90.97 Billion Units in Q2 FY22 and 176.78 Billion Units in H1 FY22 as against 77.93 Billion Units and 145.88 Billion Units during the previous periods of last year registering an increase of 16.74% and 21.19% respectively.
On standalone basis, the gross generation of NTPC for Q2 FY22 was 74.81 Billion Units and in H1 FY22 was 146.56 Billion Units as compared to 67.67 Billion Units and 127.86 Billion Units in the corresponding previous periods registering an increase of 10.55% and 14.63% respectively.
The total installed capacity of the NTPC group is now 66,900 MW, said the statement.