NTPC jumps on inviting bids for procurement of biomass pellets to co-fire thermal power plants

28 Sep 2020 Evaluate

NTPC is currently trading at Rs. 87.35, up by 2.65 points or 3.13% from its previous closing of Rs. 84.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 86.20 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 88.30 and Rs. 85.30 respectively. So far 441334 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face valuae Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 125.00 on 16-Jan-2020 and a 52 week low of Rs. 74.00 on 23-Mar-2020.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 91.30 and Rs. 82.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 86577.38 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 51.02%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 46.01% and 2.87% respectively.

NTPC has invited bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants on the basis of Domestic Competitive Basis (DCB) as part of its endeavour to reduce burning of crop residue on farmlands that cause air pollution. The power producer has envisaged consumption of five million tonnes of pellets in the current year at its 17 power plants including NTPC Korba (Chhattisgarh), NTPC Farakka (West Bengal), NTPC Dadri (Uttar Pradesh), NTPC Kudgi (Karnataka), NTPC Sipat (Chhattisgarh), and NTPC Rihand (Uttar Pradesh).

NTPC is the largest power utility company in India and has presence in Coal, Gas, Solar PV, Hydro and Wind Power Generation and Coal Mining.

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