The Indian state-owned power generation company NTPC has commissioned the first 800 MW unit of the 1,600 MW Lara supercritical coal-fired power project in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The RUP300bn (US$4.62bn) project will be made up of two units with a capacity of 800 MW each and could be later expanded to 4 GW. The facility will source coal from the Talaipalli coal block located in the Mand Raigarh coal field.
Earlier in March 2018, NTPC completed the first phase of the RUP132.05bn (US$2.91bn) Kudgi supercritical coal-fired power plant project (4 GW as well) in the Bijapur district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. The facility also comprises five units of 800 MW each and three units (2,400 MW) have been completed so far.
Besides, NTPC has started to extract coal from the Dulanga coal mine in the Indian state of Odisha. Dulanga is NTPC's second coal mine and will support the company's future supply requirements. At the moment, NTPC is working on five coal blocks: Pakri Barwadih, Chatti Bariatu, Kerandari, Talaipalli and Dulanga, with combined geological reserves of 3.8 Gt and a yearly output of 56 Mt/year.
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