National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) 2000 MW of gas based power generation capacity is lying idle due to non availability of fuel (gas).
The gas-based plants of the biggest power producer in India are running at 50% of their capacity of 4,000 MW due to lack of assured supply of gas.
NTPC requires around 17.35 million metric standard cubic meter per day (mmscmd) of gas for its 4,000 MW gas based power projects to run at 90% Plant Load Factor (PLF). However, it received only 7.93 mmscmd in the firs quarter of the current financial year which was significantly lower than the 13.08 mmscmd gas it received during the same period last year.
This has left almost 2,000 MW capacity to be idle which was equivalent to light up over 2 lakh households or around 500 shopping malls.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/money/1868909/report-ntpc-s-2000-mw-gas-capacity-idle
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