State-owned NTPC Ltd. said on Wednesday that its installed capacity at the group level has reached the 72,304 MW mark post-addition of unit 1 of Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant (MSTPP) in Bangladesh.
"NTPC Group has reached a significant milestone in the power sector, with an installed capacity of 72,304 MW. This achievement includes the recent addition of Unit-1, a 660 MW capacity, of the 1,320 MW (2x660) MSTPP located in Rampal, Mongla, Bagerhat, Bangladesh," the power giant said in a statement.
This marks NTPC's first overseas capacity addition. The project was executed in collaboration with the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Pvt., a foreign joint venture company of NTPC Ltd.
After obtaining the required norms and approvals, Unit 1 of MSTPP is included in the installed and commercial capacity of NTPC Group.
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