Surat: A pilot project in Surat, initiated by NTPC, to blend hydrogen with piped natural gas (PNG) for cooking purposes, has achieved significant success. Initially starting with a 5% hydrogen mix in 2023, the project has now successfully increased the blend to 8%. This groundbreaking project, the first of its kind in India, aims to gradually increase the proportion of hydrogen in the cooking gas supply. The success of the 5% blend has paved the way for the current 8% mix, with plans to further...Read More

Gandhinagar: NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) has entered into MoUs with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (GSPC) and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (GPPL) during the three-day Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, being held in Gandhinagar during January 10 – 12, 2024. The MoU with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. aims for the blending of Green Hydrogen in the gas networks of GSPC and promotion of Green Hydrogen mobility by setting up Green Hydrogen fuelling stations in Gujarat. The Mo...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today launched the Mission Green Hydrogen - Gujarat during the seminar on ‘Gujarat - The Green Hydrogen Destination of India’ at Mahatma Mandir in the state capital. On the third day of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2024, several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between the state government and entities operating in the green hydrogen sector during the seminar. The first MoU was signed between the University of California, Berkele...Read More

Surat: NTPC Limited, India’s largest integrated energy company achieved 69454 MW of group installed and commercial capacity with commissioning of 56 MW Kawas Solar PV Project at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat on 15.08.2022. NTPC in a note stated that it is steadily lowering its carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through installation of renewable energy projects in its existing stations as well as putting up of green field RE projects. The Company has planned 262 MW floating solar on...Read More

New Delhi: NTPC has taken up an initiative of blending of green hydrogen in Piped Natural Gas (PNG) network of GGL (Gujarat Gas Limited) at NTPC Kawas. A formal agreement between two companies has been signed today in the presence of Shri. Mohit Bhargava, CEO, NTPC REL & ED RE, NTPC and Shri. Sanjeev Kumar, MD-GGL & GSPL. Green hydrogen will be produced by using electricity from the existing 1 MW floating solar project of NTPC Kawas. This will be blended with PNG in predetermined proportio...Read More

New Delhi: NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy company has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to sell power from its 150 MW solar project. The project, which will be installed in Gujarat, will sell power at a tariff of Rs.2.20 per kWh. With this successful bid, the company’s total capacity under TBCB tenders has reached 1.4 GW. The company has also been allocated land in ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today informed media persons here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the State on December 15. The Prime Minister will during his visit to Kutch district perform ground breaking for the world's largest renewable energy park and also for a desalination plant. Earlier on November 12, the Chief Minister had during his Kutch visit said, ‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform ground breaking for world’s largest renewable ene...Read More

Gandhinagar: India's largest power producer NTPC plans to set up an ultra-mega solar park in Gujarat for a phased capacity of 5000 MW at an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore as per a report in Business daily Business Standard. According to Gurdeep Singh, chairman and managing director, NTPC has identified two-three locations in the Kutch district and the park is likely to developed at Rs 4 crore per MW cost. NTPC is also considering spot market options to sell some part of its solar...Read More

New Delhi: NTPC Ltd's Kawas has become first power unit in the state to install 1MW grid-connected floating solar project, which is likely to be commissioned in April 2019. Debashish Das, NTPC director, Kawas, told reporters, “The work to set up the grid-connected floating solar project on Kawas campus was going on for the past six months and is nearing completion. The project is all set to be commissioned in April 2019. This is first floating solar power project in Gujarat.” Das added...Read More

Surat: National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) has signed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) for scientific processing of solid waste and power generation through that. MoU was signed by SMC commissioner and NTPC GM (waste to energy) Amit Kulkshetra along with director CV Subramanyam. As per the MoU, SMC will give per day 1000 mt RDF based solid waste to NTPC Kavas through which NTPC will generate power. RDT to power generation plant will be set up a...Read More