NSPCL ( NTPC- SAIL Power Company Limited) is a

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National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

and

Steel Authority of India Limited Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is a central public sector undertaking based in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 1,03,480 Crore (US$13 billion) for fisc ...

. engaged in power generation primarily to meet the captive power requirement of various steel plants of SAIL throughout

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. It is one of the institutional category III profit making Indian PSEs.

History

NTPC and SAIL joined forces in March 2001 and took over a captive power plant (consisting of 2x60 MW generators) located at the

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and another (also 2x60 MW) at the

Rourkela Steel Plant Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), in Rourkela, Odisha is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with West Germany collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes in the 1960s. It is operated by Stee ...

. NTPC formed another joint venture company with SAIL on in March 2002 in the name of Bhilai Electric Supply Company Ltd. (BESCL). BESCL took over a captive power plant (comprising 2x 30 MW generators and one 14MW back-power

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) located at the

Bhilai Steel Plant The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products. The plant also produces steel and ...

from SAIL. Effective 11 September 2006, BESCL became part of NSPCL.

Growth

Since 2006, NSPCL has provided all power required by the Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela steel plants. To meet growing demands, NSPCL commissioned an expansion project at Bhilai comprising two 250 MW generators during 2008–2009, and brought the units online in 2009–2010. From the expansion plant, NSPCL is supplying power to the beneficiaries viz. Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Union Territory of Daman & Diu, Chhattishgarh and Bhilai Steel Plant / SAIL in the western region. Total installed capacity of NSPCL and projects are as follows

Projects Under Construction

Following projects are under construction at Rourkela and Durgapur to meet the captive power requirement of Rourkela and Durgapur steel plants respectively.

Proposed Projects

The company is also expecting further capacity addition at various units of SAIL.

References

{{Steel industry of India Electric-generation companies of India Steel Authority of India Indian companies established in 2001 2001 establishments in Delhi Companies based in Delhi