NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): The state run NTPC Limited's (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) (BSE: 532555,NSE: NTPC) trading arm NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam has started providing bundled power supply(Combining energy produced from the conventional thermal sources and Solar photovoltaic sources) to the distribution companies of the states like Maharastra, Rajaasthan and Punjab.
According to the senior offficial of NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, around 41MW solar photovoltaic capacity under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission migration scheme has been commissioned, reported Business Line.
At present, around 9 out of the 13 solar photovoltaic projects under the scheme of the Mission (Phase – I) has completed and one project partially completed pushing the capacity of projects commissioned to 41 MW in October.
The NTPC Vidyut Vyapar has signed power purchase agreements with 16 solar project developers (both thermal and photovoltaic) for 84 MW.
The bundled power supply has commenced to make solar power affordable for the buying utilities.
On BSE, NTPC was trading up 1.04% or Rs 1.80 to Rs 175.80 on 14th November at 11:10 IST
