NTPC Ltd.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the state-run power producer, has added a record capacity of 2,820 MW during the year 2011-12 taking its total capacity to 37,000 MW. The company has surpassed its earlier record of 2,490 MW during 2010-11.

During 2011-12, the company has commissioned two units of 660MW at Sipat in Chhattisgarh, 500 MW units each at its power stations in Jhajjar in Haryana, Simhadri in Andhra Pradesh and Vallur in Tamil Nadu. Further, with this addition, the company has also surpassed the 11th plan target of 9,220 MW by achieving total capacity addition of 9,610 MW.

Recently, on the back of non-availability of fuel, NTPC had stopped expansion of its gas-based projects -- Kayamkulam, Ramagundam, Kawas and Gandhar.