National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is planning to install an additional 100 MW wind power generation capacity to its existing 100 MW capacity. In this regard, an investment to the tune of Rs 700 crore will be required. The company has already floated an open tender seeking expression of interests from project developers. The developer would be finalised in a couple of months.
Nalco has 1,200 MW captive power generation capacity. The unit provides entire electric power requirement of aluminium smelter of the company and also feeds for 35 MW of the power requirement to the alumina refinery through the state grid.
NALCO has the largest integrated alumina-aluminium complex of Asia. Its integrated operations cover the entire aluminium production value chain from mining bauxite, refining alumina, smelting aluminium, captive power generation to a strong logistic network in terms of rail & port facilities, coal mining and handling plant to support its operations and to become one of the most cost-efficient aluminium companies across the globe.
