NTPC Limited, India's largest integrated energy company had achieved 69454 MW of group installed and industrial capability with the authorization of 56 MW Kawas Solar PV Project at NTPC Kawas, Gujarat on Monday. In a statement the Ministry of Power has mentioned that NTPC has been steady lowering its carbon footprint by the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through the installation of renewable energy projects in its existing stations along with this by putting up green field RE projects.

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The company plans 262 MW floating solar on over 1300 acres of its reservoir area
5 trillion litres of water per annum would be saved by the projects
Later, it would bolster the green energy portfolio of India's largest power producer

The company has already planned 262 MW floating solar on over 1300 acres of its reservoir space by putting in more than 9,50,000 PV modules at its varied stations out of them 242 MW has been commissioned.

The Ministry of Power has also mentioned that 'This involves the country's largest floating solar of 100 MW at Ramagundam in Telangana, 92 MW at Kayamkulam in Kerala, and 25 MW at each of these places: Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh and Kawas in Gujarat.'

Later, the ministry had added that these projects would be able to light up 2,00,000 households and would be instrumental in reducing over half a million tonnes of CO2 emissions on an annual basis. Besides these, 5 trillion litres of water per annum would be saved by the projects which would be sufficient to fulfill the yearly water necessities of 15,000 households.

However, NTPC has become the world's first energy major to declare its Energy Compact goals. Recently it has been collaborating with NITI Aayog to attain 'net zero' targets. The NTPC group had planned to attain 60 GW of renewable energy by 2032.

Recently, NTPC has been consisting 2.3 GW of commissioned renewable capability along with 3.9 GW underneath implementation and execution. Not only this, NTPC has also been consisting 4.9 GW of renewable energy capability underneath tendering method which would later bolster the green energy portfolio of India's largest power producer.

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