NLC India is planning to increase power generation capacity to 3,000 MW. The company has taken up power generation capacity building plans till 2025 through various projects, including the thermal power station-II, expansion of 1,320 MW in phase-I and 1,320 MW in phase-II.
The company would also take up thermal power projects of 4,000 MW capacity, solar and wind-based power generation projects in Odisha.
All these projects would increase the power generating capacity to 18,031 MW, including the Barsingsar Thermal Power Station Extension of 250 MW and Bithnok Thermal Power Station 250 MW (Rajasthan) by end-2025.
NLC India is engaged in the business of lignite mining and power generation. At present, the company has four opencast lignite mines.
