NSPCL ( NTPC- SAIL Power Company Limited) is a

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National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, who is engaged in the generation of electricit ...

and

Steel Authority of India Limited Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is an Indian Public sector undertakings in India, public sector steel manufacturing corporation based in New Delhi. It is the largest Government of India, government-owned steel producer, with an annual pr ...

. engaged in power generation primarily to meet the captive power requirement of various steel plants of SAIL throughout

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. It is one of the institutional category III profit making Indian PSEs.

History

NTPC and SAIL joined forces in March 2001 and took over a captive power plant (consisting of 2x60 MW generators) located at the Durgapur Steel Plant and another (also 2x60 MW) at the

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. NTPC formed another joint venture company with SAIL on in March 2002 in the name of Bhilai Electric Supply Company Ltd. (BESCL). BESCL took over a captive power plant (comprising 2x 30 MW generators and one 14MW back-power

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) located at the Bhilai Steel Plant from SAIL. Effective 11 September 2006, BESCL became part of NSPCL.

Growth

Since 2006, NSPCL has provided all power required by the Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela steel plants. To meet growing demands, NSPCL commissioned an expansion project at Bhilai comprising two 250 MW generators during 2008–2009, and brought the units online in 2009–2010. From the expansion plant, NSPCL is supplying power to the beneficiaries viz. Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Union Territory of Daman & Diu, Chhattishgarh and Bhilai Steel Plant / SAIL in the western region. Total installed capacity of NSPCL and projects are as follows

Projects Under Construction

Following projects are under construction at Rourkela and Durgapur to meet the captive power requirement of Rourkela and Durgapur steel plants respectively.

Proposed Projects

The company is also expecting further capacity addition at various units of SAIL.

References

{{Steel industry of India Electric-generation companies of India Steel Authority of India Indian companies established in 2001 2001 establishments in Delhi Companies based in Delhi