NSPCL


NSPCL is a 50:50 joint venture company of NTPC Limited and SAIL, engaged in power generation primarily to meet the captive power requirement of various steel plants of SAIL throughout India. 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 located at the Durgapur Steel Plant and another at the Rourkela Steel Plant.
NTPC formed another joint venture company with SAIL on in March 2002 in the name of Bhilai Electric Supply Company Ltd.. BESCL took over a captive power plant located at the Bhilai Steel Plant 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
Sr. No.LocationDistrictStateCapacity in Megawatt
1RourkelaSundergarhOdisha60x2
2DurgapurBurdwanWest Bengal60x2
3BhilaiDurgChhattisgarh30x2+14x1
4Bhilai Expansion ProjectDurgChhattisgarh250x2
Total814

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.
Sr. No.LocationDistrictStateCapacity in Megawatt
1RourkelaSundergarhOdisha1x250
2DurgapurBurdwanWest Bengal2x20
Total290

Proposed Projects

The company is also expecting further capacity addition at various units of SAIL.
Sr. No.LocationDistrictStateCapacity in Megawatt
1BhilaiDurgChhattisgarh1x250
2SalemSalemTamil Nadu50 MWp Solar
3BokaroBokaroJharkhand50 MWp Solar
Total350