Roll No: 01, 07, 20, 21, 22 NTPC, India's largest power company, was set up in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. It is emerging as an ‘Integrated Power Major’, with a significant presence in the entire value chain of power generation business. NTPC ranked 337th in the ‘2012, Forbes Global 2000’ ranking of the World’s biggest companies. With a current generating capacity of 39,174 MW, NTPC plans to become a 128,000 MW company by 2032. Vision “To be the world’s largest and best power producer, powering India’s growth.” Mission “Develop and provide reliable power, related products and services at competitive prices, integrating multiple energy sources with innovative and eco-friendly technologies and contribute to society.” Core Values – BE COMMITTED B Business Ethics E Environmentally & Economically Sustainable C Customer Focus O Organisational & Professional Pride M Mutual Respect & Trust M Motivating Self & others I Innovation & Speed T Total Quality for Excellence T Transparent & Respected Organisation E Enterprising D Devoted NTPC Values & Culture The key challenges in the context of our values are actualisation and relevance. To actualise our core values and ensure that they remain relevant, we have taken various steps, namely, creating a weightage for values in our Performance Management Systems; Conduct training programmes on values and including sessions on values in our key programmes; Rewarding value based behaviour and creation of Value Actualisation Task force. A Vision & Values Revisit Workshop by our top management is a major component of our core value actualisation.
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NTPC, India's largest power company, was set up in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. It is emerging as an ‘Integrated Power Major’, with a significant presence in the entire value chain of power generation business. NTPC ranked 337th in the ‘2012, Forbes Global 2000’ ranking of the World’s biggest companies. With a current generating capacity of 39,174 MW, NTPC plans to become a 128,000 MW company by 2032.
Vision “To be the world’s largest and best power producer, powering India’s growth.”
Mission“Develop and provide reliable power, related products and services at competitive prices, integrating multiple energy sources with innovative and eco-friendly technologies and contribute to society.” Core Values – BE COMMITTEDB Business EthicsE Environmentally & Economically SustainableC Customer FocusO Organisational & Professional PrideM Mutual Respect & TrustM Motivating Self & othersI Innovation & SpeedT Total Quality for ExcellenceT Transparent & Respected OrganisationE EnterprisingD Devoted
NTPC Values & Culture The key challenges in the context of our values are actualisation and relevance. To actualise our core values and ensure that they remain relevant, we have taken various steps, namely, creating a weightage for values in our Performance Management Systems; Conduct training programmes on values and including sessions on values in our key programmes; Rewarding value based behaviour and creation of Value Actualisation Task force. A Vision & Values Revisit Workshop by our top management is a major component of our core value actualisation.
A culture of celebrating achievements and a strong focus on performance are a way of life in NTPC. Performance and achievements are an outcome of constant learning and its application; Performance management; Rewards and recognitions; Provision of opportunities to create and
compete; Seeking feedback from employees and genuine interest and concern for employees.
NTPC holds pride in its systems for providing a good quality of work-life to its employees. In addition to providing beautiful and safe work places, NTPC encourages a cultue of mutual respect and trust amongst peers, superiors and subordinates.
Away from hectic city life, NTPC townships provide an environment of serenity, natural beauty and close community living. Numerous welfare and recreation facilities including schools, hospitals and club are provided at township to enhance quality of life and well being of employees and their families. An entire range of employee benefits ranging from child care leave to post retirement medical benefits are extended to employees to meet any exigency that may arise in a person's life.
NTPC has, from its inception created a culture of rewards and recognitions through celebration of various achievements and events and recognising the contributions of employees/teams behind such success. There are reward schemes for individual and teams excelling in their work right from the stage of project construction to the running of the power station, as well as, awards for special events/ competitions where employees can demonstrate their competence and skills. NTPC also recognises the contribution of employees’ families through involving them in various events and competitions.
At NTPC we are proud of the fact that we have successfully explored more than one way to generate power. Other than thermal power, we operate in hydro and gas regions too. As a natural progression of our in-depth understanding of the power sector and our formidable track record, NTPC has now ventured into three related fields. Consultancy for the power sector, setting up a training institute for the same and R&D.
Awards received by the chairman "India's most Admired Company in Power Sector 22.05.2012. “Asian CEO of the Year” award by Terrapinn at Singapore on 17th April, 2012.received a SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11 for Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsiveness 13th april, 2012 at New Delhi.NTPC - A Maharatna PSU" shield and citation felicitating by Hon’ble President of India on 11th April, 2011."SCOPE Excellence Award" from Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 2nd February, 2012.]Shri Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD NTPC has been re- elected as the Chairman of SCOPE for period 2011-13.
“Exemplary Leadership Award for People Excellence” under the aegis of world HRD Congress held at Mumbai on 11th February 2011. “Star TV Talent Leadership and HR Awards” from Smt. Indira Parikh and Shri Sandip Ghosh in Mumbai on 11th February, 2011 “Most Respected Company Award in Power Sector” for the year 2011 by Business World in New Delhi on 9th February, 2011.
Subsidiaries
NTPC Electric Supply Company Ltd. (NESCL)The company was formed on August 21, 2002. It is a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC with the objective of making a foray into the business of distribution and supply of electrical energy, as a sequel to reforms initiated in the power sector.Company was also mandated to take up consultancy and other assignments in the area of Electrical Distribution Management System.Maiden entry into Power distribution by forming 50:50 JV company KINESCO Power and Utility Private Ltd. with Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA), already distributing power in KINFRA owned industrial theme parks. With the objective of sectoral support in the area of distribution, NESCL has been assigned the responsibility of implementing rural electrification works under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (NVVN)The company was formed on November 1, 2002, as a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC. The company’s objective is to undertake sale and purchase of electric power, to effectively utilise installed capacity and thus enable reduction in the cost of power.Company holds category ‘I’ trading license from CERC and traded 5549.0 MUs in 2009-10. Company has been designated as the nodal agency for cross border trading with Bhutan and Bangladesh. Company is also engaged in ash business and is exploring potential business areas such as cross border trading, green power trading and emission trading, captive power trading and long term power trading. NVVN
NTPC Hydro Ltd. (NHL)The company was formed on December 12, 2002, as a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC with an objective to develop small and medium hydroelectric power projects of up to 250 MW. NHL is implementing Lata-Tapovan H.E. project (171 MW) and Rammam stage III H.E. project (120MW). Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited, (formerly known as Vaishali Power Generating Company Limited)To take over Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (2*110MW), a subsidiary company named ‘Vaishali Power Generating Company Limited (VPGCL)’ was incorporated on September 6, 2006 with NTPC contributing 51% of
equity and balance equity was contributed by Bihar State Electricity Board. The company was rechristened as ‘Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited’ on April 10, 2008. Present equity holding is NTPC 64.57% & BSEB 35.43%. Company is Renovating and modernising the existing unit and establishing new plant. Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL)A subsidiary of NTPC under the name of ‘Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited’ was incorporated on November 22, 2007 with 74:26 equity contribution from NTPC and Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India respectively for setting up of four units of 250 MW each of coal based power plant at Nabinagar, Bihar. Investment approval of the project was accorded in January, 2008. 90% power from this project is to be supplied to Railways to meet the traction and non-traction power requirements.
In October 2004, NTPC launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) consisting of 5.25% as fresh issue and 5.25% as offer for sale by Government of India. NTPC thus became a listed company in November 2004 with the Government holding 89.5% of the equity share capital. In February 2010, the Shareholding of Government of India was reduced from 89.5% to 84.5% through Further Public Offer. The rest is held by Institutional Investors and the Public.
Recognitions & Awards
NTPC has a glorious record of excellence in every field of its activities ever since its inception in 1975. Leading the country’s power sector with a vision to become a 75,000 MW company by 2017, we take pride in our people and their performance which has been acknowledged time and again at various national and international fora.
Corporate Governance AwardsGood Corporate Citizen Award to NTPC
India’s largest power company NTPC received the Good Corporate Citizen Award- 2011 by PHD Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented by Smt. Meira Kumar, Hon’ble Speaker Lok Sabha to Shri I.J. Kapoor , Director (Comml) NTPC and Shri A.K. Rastogi , Company Secretary, NTPC at Annual Awards for Excellence 2011 function in New Delhi on 26th Nov. 2011.
The winners of the award have been selected by eminent jury under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Justice Shri J.S Verma. The Award has been given to NTPC for its outstanding achievement in the area of CSR and Corporate Governance. Corporate Social Responsibility is deeply ingrained in NTPC’s culture. The company is committed to achieving high standards of corporate governance and developing mutual trust with the communities around its power stations.
The award was received by Shri K. Sivakumar, Executive Director(Finance) and Shri A. K. Rastogi, Company Secretary, NTPC on 9th October, 2009 from Dr. Ola Ullsten, former Prime Minister of Sweden at London, U.K. NTPC Ltd. bagged the Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance for the year 2009. The award was conferred at a special award function at the 10th International Conference on Corporate Governance organized by World Council for Corporate Governance.
The Institute of Company Secretaries of IndiaThe award was presented by Shri Vilashrao Deshmukh, Hon'ble Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises at an award function held at Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai on 21st December, 2009 in presence of Hon'ble Justice R.C. Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India. Shri R.S. Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC received the award.NTPC Limited has been awarded "ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2009". The Institute of Company Secretaries of India initiated the award in the year 2001 with an aim to promote the cause of Corporate Governance in the country. NTPC has been selected for the award after a detailed three-stage evaluation process by a jury of eighteen imminent personalities inter alia, comprising Shri R.C. Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India, Shri Naresh Chandra, former Cabinet Secretary, Shri S. Ramadorai, Vice Chairman TCS, Shri Y.C. Deveshwar, Chairman ITC and Shri V.K. Singlu, former Comptroller & Auditor General of India. Shri A.K. Rastogi, Company Secretary, NTPC has also been awarded in recognition of his role in strengthening the Corporate Governance of the Company on the occasion.
Ranked 348th in Global ranking among ‘Global 2000’ list of companies compiled by Forbes in 2011.
Forbes' Global 2000 list of top listed firms Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings – 2010 NTPC – the Most Respected Company in Power Sector India’s Biggest News Makers Survey Business Standard's "BS1000" companies
Power management institutes
NTPC runs a state-of-the-art Power Management Institute(PMI), at NOIDA. PMI has over the years trained a large number of professionals from NTPC, State Electricity Boards and other power utilities in the country. Also, participants in PMI programmes have come from various South Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
With a wide range of expertise and experience acquired over the years, PMI offers programmes in the following categories:
1. Enhancing General Management Competence and Skills:The programmes included in this category develop the knowledge, attitude, behaviour and skills of the participants from the perspective of general management of the enterprise.
2. Enhancing Technical Expertise:These programmes are designed to impart emerging technologies and practices that augment technical skills and competencies.
3. Upgrading Functional Skills:The programmes in this category cater to the functional areas of the organization like HR, Finance, Materials, Contracts etc
4. Managing Information Technology: IT enablement is a key determinant of organization success and these programmes provide the required knowledge and skills.
5. Induction Level Training Programmes: A key area of expertise is the Induction level training programme for newly recruited executive trainees in Engineering, Chemistry, IT, Finance and Human Resources
6. Employee Development Programmes: Programmes are conducted for the Supervisors and Workmen of our Corporate Centre Office in the areas of power plant familiarization, attitude, quality, finance and IT.
Thermal Power - A Hot Topic on Alternative Energy
When people talk about the need to use alternative energy, they often cite thermal power plants as damaging the planet. The thing that they tend to exclude is the 'thermal' part refers to the process of generating the energy, not the fuel going in to the process, or the waste products coming out of it; some thermal power plants do the environment no harm at all.
The process works something like this: a fuel is used to heat water to a point where it becomes steam. The thermal power plants use the steam to power a steam turbine in much the same way as the old steam locomotives used it to power a piston, but instead of giving forward momentum, it powers the electrical generator.
The variations in the process really come in how they create the steam, and the waste products produced. Many will recycle the water that's
collected in the condensers, by sending it back to the boiler where it is reheated and reused. Others will use the heat generated for their own
heating purposes. As you can see, you can't pigeonhole all thermal power plants as being the same.
The type of thermal power plants that you'll hear of the most often are the fossil-fueled plants, and with very good reason. These plants have to burn fossil fuels to generate the heat to boil the water and create steam, and as anyone with a fossil fuel burning fire at home will know, there's always going to be smoke. Where does that smoke go? The same place as it would at home - straight up a chimney. These CO2 pollutants get in to the atmosphere and (allegedly) create the climate change that appears to be happening all around us today.
Thermal power plants are useable, because the theory is still sound, but it needs a different sort of fuel, which will eliminate the CO2 being pumped out in the process. This is where the solar thermal power plant and geo thermal power come in to the equation.
Solar thermal power plants do a very similar thing, but in a more environmentally friendly way. Instead of the solar thermal power plant burning a fossil fuel to heat the water etc, they use massive amounts of solar energy to heat the water. The biggest advantage of this is there is no smoke produced in the process; the big disadvantage is collecting the solar energy to start with.
Although it is possible to collect solar energy in places where there is little sunshine, most of the sites of solar thermal power plants are in areas where there is an abundance of sunshine hours each year. In these early stages, you need a large number of solar panels to collect enough solar energy to power the solar thermal power plants. This effectively means that, currently, the best place to have solar thermal power plants is large and desert-like locations.
As the technology improves, solar thermal power plants may become a more practical solution for other countries.
Geo thermal power has the advantage of being renewable, and the energy costs are relatively low. It has the disadvantage of being quite expensive to build initially; but it would eventually pay for itself.
Geo thermal power works in one of two ways. The first is to send 'dry' geothermal steam to a turbine, and the turbine powers the generator. The condensation goes to a condenser, which pumps the resulting water back in to the earth. The second type of geo thermal power uses flash steam. The system pulls hot water, under high-pressure, from deep in the earth. The next step is to pass the water in to a separator that will send steam to the turbine, and water back to the earth. As with the dry steam method, this system uses a condenser to return the remaining water back to the earth after it has been through the turbine.
There is a bit of a debate about the 'green credentials' of geo thermal power, however. Most people say that it's good for the environment because it's not burning fossil fuels, where as some, on the other hand, claim that it actually draws out gases from inside the earth, puts toxins back in to the ground, and it makes the surrounding land unstable.
As you can see, there are many variations on the theme of thermal power plants; so treating all of them as being the same polluting menace, would be a mistake. Solar thermal power plants are a good alternative, but not practical everywhere. The geo thermal power being generated worldwide makes up just a small percentage of what's required, and it may, or may not, have an adverse effect on the environment.
We may still have a long way to go to get the best solution for our power needs, but you shouldn't completely count out thermal power plants.
Power Generation
Operations
In terms of operations, NTPC has always been considerably above the national average.
The table below shows the detailed operational performance of coal based stations over the years.
Renewable energy (RE) is being perceived as an alternative source of energy for “Energy Security” and subsequently “Energy Independence” by 2020. Renewable energy technologies provide not only electricity but offer an environmentally clean and low noise source of power.
Objectives
NTPC plans to broad base generation mix by evaluating conventional and alternate sources of energy to ensure long run competitiveness and mitigate fuel risks.
Vision
“To provide green power through locally available resources at affordable price,
NTPC has also formulated its business plan of capacity addition of about 1,000 MW thru renewable resources by 2017. In addition, capacity addition of 301 MW through Solar PV and Thermal by 2014 has envisaged in line with National Solar Mission.
Distributed Generation
India’s ambitious growth plans require inclusion of all sectors, especially the rural sector where two third of our population lives. Such economic development cannot be achieved without availability of energy and subsequently efficient energy management which is crucial for rural development. As per census 2001, about 44% of the rural households do not have access to electricity. Some of the villages are located in remote & inaccessible areas where it would be either impossible or extremely expensive to extend the power transmission network. Total 15 DG projects commissioned so far with total capacity of 300 kW and 2153 households electrified. In addition, 40kW Micro Hydro DG Project at Nakkia in Chhattisgarh is under implementation.
Objective
Implementation of distributed generation projects using locally available renewable resources such as biomass, wind, solar, micro hydel, bio-fuel etc.
Training & capacity building of local community to enable them to independently manage, operate & maintain the plant. To ensure viability and long term sustainability of DG projects
Integrated growth & development of rural areas by enhancing employment education, income generation & livelihood opportunities
To ensure implementation of various technologies as demo/pilot project
Installed Capacity
Be it the generating capacity or plant performance or operational efficiency, NTPC’s Installed Capacity and performance depicts the company’s outstanding performance across a number of parametres.
Environment Policy & Environment Management System
For NTPC, the journey extends much beyond generating power. Right from its inception, the company had a well defined environment policy. More than just generating power, it is committed to sustainable growth of power.NTPC has evolved sound environment practices.
National Environment Policy
The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Power and NTPC were involved in preparing the draft Environment Policy (NEP) which was later approved by the Union Cabinet in May 2006.
NTPC Environment Policy
Since its inception NTPC has been at the forefront of Environment management. In November 1995, NTPC brought out a comprehensive document entitled ‘NTPC Environment Policy and Environment Management System. Amongst the guiding principles adopted in the document are the company's pro-active approach to environment, optimum utilisation of equipment, adoption of latest technologies and continual environment improvement. The policy also envisages efficient utilisation of resources, thereby minimising waste, maximising ash utilisation and ensuring a green belt all around the plant for maintaining ecological balance.
Environment Management, Occupational Health and Safety Systems
NTPC has actively gone for adoption of the best international practices on environment, occupational health and safety areas. The organisation has pursued the Environmental Management System (EMS) ISO 14001 and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment System OHSAS 18001 at its different establishments. As a result of pursuing these practices, all NTPC power stations have been certified for ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 by reputed national and international certifying agencies.
Pollution Control Systems
While deciding the appropriate technology for its projects, NTPC integrates many environmental provisions into the plant design. In order to ensure that NTPC complies with all the stipulated environment norms, following state-of-the-art pollution control systems / devices have been installed to control air and water pollution:
Electrostatic Precipitators
Flue Gas Stacks
Low-NOX Burners
Neutralisation Pits
Coal Settling Pits / Oil Settling Pits
DE & DS Systems Cooling Tower
Ash Dykes & Ash Disposal Systems
Ash Water Recycling System
Dry Ash Extraction System (DAES)
Environment
While leading the nation’s power generation league, NTPC has remained committed to the environment. It continues to take various pro-active measures for protection of the environment and ecology around its projects. NTPC was the first among power utilities in India to startEnvironment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies and reinforced it with Periodic Environmental Audits and Reviews.
Enviroment Policy & Management
CenPEEP - Centre for Power Efficiency & Environmental Protection
Towards the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission from Indian thermal power plants, NTPC has been promoting and deploying efficient power generation technologies and practices from design stage to operation stage and building local institutional capacities for continuously striving for eco-friendly technologies.
NTPC established Centre for Power Efficiency & Environmental Protection (CenPEEP) in collaboration with USAID with a mandate to reduce GHG emissions per unit of electricity generated by improving the overall performance of coal-fired power plants. The centre functions as a resource centre for acquisition, demonstration and dissemination of state-of-the-art technologies and practices for performance improvement of coal fired power plants for the entire power sector of India.
Win-win Approach for Global Climate Change
NTPC has adopted a win-win strategy at CenPEEP by achieving synergy between environmental concerns and utility needs. We have initiated the Comprehensive Performance Optimisation Programme thereby successfully balancing the dual objectives of reducing carbon-di-oxide emissions that contribute to climate change and facilitating higher efficiency of power generation.
Under NTPC’s effort for betterment of Indian Power Sector, CenPEEP is also assisting various state electricity utilities in India by demonstration and dissemination of improved technologies and practices. To increase outreach to SEBs, 2 regional centres of CenPEEP have also been established in the Northern Region (Lucknow) and Eastern Region (Patna).This approach has brought significant benefits to the power plants and helped in the reduction of emissions.
Technological Interventions
For greater acceptability and assimilation of eco-friendly technologies and practices, methodology of ‘Technology Acquisition, Demonstration and Dissemination’ has been adopted. Our focus has been on low cost high benefit options. We also involve people from local power stations during demonstration and widespread dissemination.
Partners
Inaugurated by US Energy Secretary in 1994, CenPEEP has grown into a pioneer National Resources Centre for introduction of several cost-effective technologies for performance optimisation of power plants and environmental protection in Indian Thermal Power Sector. CenPEEP receives technical support for capacity building from US Agency for International Development (USAID) through U.S. Department of Energy’s (USDOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Structural Integrity Associates (SI), General Physics, utilities such as Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Reliant Energy, Mirant Corporation and US utility organisations such as EPRI, US Energy Association (USEA), etc. CenPEEP has a unique management structure consisting of advisory board and executive committee. With this structure, it is ensured that initiatives are relevant to meet sectoral needs.
In association with JICA and consortium of Japanese utilities, a joint project was also taken up by CenPEEP for efficiency improvement where technologies such as pump efficiency assessment using Yates meter, leak buster test for air-in-leak quantification, simplified efficiency evaluations, evaluation of SUS scale, boiler simulation, have been demonstrated.
Impact
CenPEEP has demonstrated performance assessment techniques at several NTPC
and 14 State Utilities stations. The tests have demonstrated heat rate improvement potential even in the best run power stations. Many demonstrated techniques and practices have been adopted by the stations. In NTPC alone, over 29 million tones of cumulative CO2 has been avoided since inception of CenPEEP activities. Some of the state utilities have acknowledged CenPEEP’s support in reducing their emissions by over 5.8 million tones in a year. Some utilities have acknowledged CenPEEP contribution to their efficiency improvement in submissions before regulators. In effect, it is the largest GHG emission reduction effort in power utilities in India. CenPEP has developed ‘Heat Rate Improvement Guidelines’ jointly with TVA and circulated it to all the coal fired power stations in India. It regularly publishes ‘Performance Optimiser’, a brief on optimisation experiences.
The centre also organises workshops / training programmes to train power sector professionals.
Participant in Asia Pacific Partnership(APP) on Clean Development and Climate
The Ministry of Power (Government of India) and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) have recognised NTPC/CenPEEP as an important agency involved in GHG reduction efforts and the success achieved in this area and have entrusted CenPEEP with technology demonstration activites in Indian Utilities under APP multilateral program. Through demonstration of performance assessment technologies in 3 state utilities, substantial CO2 savings have accrued at 3 Stations of state utilities and a annual potential of over 300,000 tonnes of CO2 reduction has been identified.
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Ash Utilisation
Sustainable ash utilization is one of the key concerns at NTPC. The Ash Utilization Division (AUD), set up in 1991, strives to derive maximum usage from the vast quantities of ash produced at its coal based power stations. The AUD proactively formulates policies, plans and programmes for ash utilization. It further monitors the progress in these activities and works for developing new segments of ash utilization. Ash Utilization Cell at each station, handles ash utilization activities.
The quality of fly ash produced at NTPC’s power stations is extremely good with respect to fineness, low unburnt carbon and has high pozzolanic activity and conforms to the requirements of IS 3812 - 2003-Pulverized Fuel Ash for use as Pozzolana in Cement, Cement Mortar and Concrete. The fly ash generated at NTPC stations is ideal for use in manufacture of Cement, Concrete, Concrete products, Cellular concrete products, Bricks/blocks/ tiles etc. To facilitate availability of dry fly ash to end – users, dry fly ash evacuation and storage system have been set up at coal based stations. Further, at NTPC-Rihand facility for loading fly ash into rail wagons has been provided so that fly ash can be transported in bulk quantity through railway network. Such facility is also being provided at all new up coming
Over the years, the Ash Utilization level has reached from meagre 0.3 million tonne in 1991 - 1992 to 26.03 million tonne in 2010-11.
The various segments of ash utilization currently include Cement, Asbestos – Cement products & Concrete manufacturing industries, Land development, Road embankment construction, Ash Dyke Raising, Building Products such as Bricks/ blocks/tiles, Reclamation of coal mine and as a soil amender and source of micro and macro-nutrients in agriculture.
MoEF Notification on Fly Ash
Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Govt. of India vide its notification (amendment) dated 3rd Nov 2009 has made it mandatory:
Within 100Km radius of a Thermal Power Plant
1. To use Fly Ash based Building products such as cement or concrete, fly ash bricks, blocks, tiles etc. in all construction projects
2. To use Fly Ash in Road or Flyover Embankment construction
3. To use Fly Ash in Reclamation of low lying areas
Within 50Km of a Thermal Power Plant (By Road)
1. To use Fly Ash in back filling of underground and open cast mines
Financial institutions to include a clause in their loan documents for compliance of this notification
Major Projects where Fly Ash has been utilized
Road Embankment Construction & Filling Works:
1. 67 lakh Cubic Meters (Cu.M) of Pond Ash from NTPC Unchahar Station has been utilized in Allahabad By-pass Road executed by NHAI
2. 20 lakh Cu.M of Pond Ash from NTPC Badarpur Station has been utilized in Noida - Greater Noida Expressway
3. About 1.5 lakh Cu.M of Pond Ash from Indraprastha thermal power station has been utilized in 2nd Nizammudin approach road embankment
4. About 5.0 lakh Cu.M of Pond Ash from NTPC Badarpur Station has been utilized in Yamuna Expressway & Badarpur Flyover
5. More than 15 lakh Cu.M of Pond Ash has been used by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in their Shastri Park rail car depot from NTPC Badarpur Station.
Concrete Works:
1. Fly Ash from NTPC Dadri Station is being utilized in all underground concrete works by DMRC
2. Fly Ash is being utilised by all Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) Plants
3. Fly Ash used by ACC Ltd. in Concrete Road at its RMC Plant in Greater Noida
4. Fly Ash used in Concrete Road from Dehra Jhal to NTPC Dadri
Building Construction Works:
1. Administrative Building of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) constructed with Fly Ash Bricks
2. NTPC’s own Buildings constructed with Fly Ash Bricks
1. NETRA office at Greater Noida
2. 'D' Type residential quarters at Noida Township
3. Northern Region Headquarter building at Lucknow
4. All Projects and Township construction
3. Private Real Estate Developers in various metro cities viz. Pune, Vishakhapatnam & NCR areas use Fly Ash Bricks for construction of residential complexes
Mine Filling: South Balanda Mine being filled with Ash from NTPC Talcher-Thermal Station.
Developing New Segments of Ash Utilisation
Following Research Studies have been / are being conducted for development of new segments having long term potential of Ash Utilization:
Railway Embankment: To demonstrate use of ash in construction of railway embankment, research study was carried out in association with Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi. The design of railway embankment developed by CRRI was validated by conducting Centrifuge Model Tests at IIT Bombay. Construction of railway embankment for NTPC’s Merry Go-Round (MGR) rail track for coal transportation is planned at NTPC Kahalgaon and NTPC Talcher-Kaniha.
Mine Filling:
1. Feasibility Study being conducted at Talcher-Kaniha by M/s Desien for finalising the Techno Economically optimum mode of conveying ash from power plant to Mines on long term basis. Infrastructure shall be created accordingly for filling of mines with Fly Ash from NTPC Talcher- Kaniha.
2. Research study is being done by Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad for taking up Technology Demonstration project for Random Filling of Ash from NTPC Ramagundam with Mine Over Burden (OB) at Medapalli Mines.
Pre-stressed Railway Concrete Sleepers: Use of Fly Ash in the manufacture of pre-stressed Railway Concrete Sleepers demonstrated in association with IIT Kanpur.
Ash based Bituminous Road: Demonstration project for construction of Fly Ash based bituminous roads have been taken up in association with CRRI at NTPC Badarpur and Dadri.
Flux bonded Bricks/Tiles: Research study for use of Fly Ash in Flux bonded bricks/tiles has been conducted at NTPC Ramagundam in association with NIIST Trivandrum.
HDPE Products: Use of fly ash in manufacturing of HDPE products taken up by Vindhyachal through IIT Delhi.
Showcase Projects on use of Ash in Agriculture: Use of fly ash in agriculture, as a soil modifier and source of micro and macro nutrients, has been successfully demonstrated through “Show case projects” in collaboration with the local farmers under the direct guidance of reputed agriculture institutions/universities.
1. At NTPC Simhadri in association with Annamalai University
2. At NTPC Unchahar in association with N.D University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad (U.P)
3. At NTPC Talcher – Thermal in association with Annamalai University
4. At NTPC Vindhyachal in association with Annamalai University
5. At NTPC Dadri in association with Annamalai University
Various crops have been grown and harvested in varying agro-climatic conditions and different soil-crop combinations and following increase in crops yield has been successfully demonstrated:
Promotional Measures
In order to promote and propagate multifaceted utilisation of Fly Ash as a Resource Material in various segments and to create awareness among the prospective users & entrepreneurs for use of ash, following promotional measures have already been carried out by AUD:
Afforestation
Maintenance of ecological balance and a perfect environment has been of utmost importance at NTPC. Environment planning and preservation is an integral part of its project activities. NTPC undertakes afforestation programmes covering vast tracts of land in and around its projects in a concerted bid to counter the growing ecological threat.
The crucial need for conservation and restoration of the degraded ecosystem and preservation of genetic resources of the country led to the enactment of the ‘Wild Life Protection Act’ (1974) and ‘Forest Act’ (1980) in addition to legal acts of air, water and environment.
NTPC's Approach
It has been possible to achieve a satisfactory combination of environmental quality and techno-economics through determined efforts at NTPC. Continuous vigilance is maintained to minimise pollution. This is over and above the other environment management programmes that start simultaneously with start of construction activities.
The appropriate afforestation programme for plant, township, green-belt and other
sites are designed according to the geographical features. Species are selected on the basis of their adaptability and grouped with local representatives. The growth characteristics, flowering pattern and canopy (spreading nature) are evaluated in their distribution over these sites of afforestation. These considerations not only contribute to the aesthetics but also go a long way in serving as ‘Sinks’ for the pollutant emission of the power plant. At times, they even combat pollution from other industries in the surrounding area.
NTPC has developed independent Horticulture Department at its projects headed by experienced horticulture officers / supervisors.
Saving existing trees, planting right at the beginning of construction phase, preservation of trees and advice from State Forest Departments and agricultural universities are a few general guidelines followed by NTPC.
Forest Bank
An innovative proposal to create ‘Forest Banks’ in each state was initiated, wherein the Forest Department of all States / Union Territories should identify land to start plantations under various programmes of the state. Such areas would facilitate any power project of either the state or centre to draw necessary compensatory ‘Afforestation Area’ against the existing balance in the Forest Bank.
Corporate Citizenship
NTPC is fully committed to achieving high standards of corporate governance and developing mutual trust viaexpansive CSR initiatives.
Resettlement & Rehabilitation
Empowering People
Education
"Money invested in the promotion of learning gives a multiple return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxurious crop."
NTPC has marked 15-20% of its CSR-CD budget for education to individual stations. Among the various activities on education are:
Facilitating primary education through adopting schools and introducing programmes to boost its universalisation
Promotion of rural culture and sports; Adult Education Centres; programmes of education for girls
Provision of education aids and equipments, scholarships and sponsorship
NTPC's deep commitment to provide quality education systems and co-curricular
activities to children of its employees and from neighbouring areas is reflected in the 48 schools being currently run in NTPC power projects benefiting about 40,000 students. These schools are managed by premier academic societies like the DPS Society, the DAV Society, the Chinmaya Mission Trust, St. Joseph's Society and the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, among others. Apart from providing infrastructural and financial support wherever required, NTPC also provides requisite support to ensure availaibility of qualified teachers and quality annual educational plans for each and every institution.
Coaching Classes
NTPC also provides a 50% subsidy for organising coaching classes in power project townships, for students who wish to pursue higher studies in engineering and medicine..
Training to Principals and Teachers
To make education more efficient, effective and enjoyable NTPC conducts regular training programmes for teachers in order to upgrade their teaching and technical skills. Apart from this, workshops are also organised for principals through Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - India's premier business school. Overall excellence in these schools is ensured through improved educational standards, innovative extra-curricular activities , value education and implementing professional management systems.
Extra-Curricular Activities
NTPC also takes initiative to propagate overall personality development of students by organising quiz competitions for the children at project, regional and national levels, through Medha Pratiyogita, theatre workshops through reputed institutes like NSD and SPIC MACAY, Scouts and Guides training, sports activities for children in the townships and coaching camps for various sports events. The children are encouraged to actively participate in cultural meets to discover their creative potential. Students are also encouraged to become ‘News Readers’ for the monthly video magazines of project townships. Besides this educational films obtained from Children’s Film Society (CFSI) are regularly screened over the cable TV network in townships.
Inclusive Education
NTPC has successfully introduced the concept of Inclusive Education in its project schools so that children with special needs can study alongside other children. The objective is to ensure quick, easy and dignified integration of children with special needs in the social mainstream.
A pilot project on Inclusive Education has been taken up at Dadri. Children with special needs were identified from neighbouring villages and they have been integrated in its schools from the academic session 2005-2006. This model will also be adopted by NTPC schools.
Adult Education
Introduced with a view to meet NTPC’s social initiatives towards propagation of adult education, the company aims at providing functional adult literacy with a view to endow the illiterate with skills for self directed learning.
Other Initiatives
NTPC Foundation
NTPC Foundation, registered in December’2004, is striving to serve and empower the physically challenged and economically weaker sections of the society. The Foundation is carrying out focused CSR activities in identified niche areas of helping the physically handicapped and other marginalized communities.
Recent initiatives of NTPC Foundation in line with current need and priorities are:
ICT Centres:
The Foundation has set up Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre for the physically challenged at Delhi University. The ICT Centre, set up jointly by NTPC Foundation and University of Delhi and inaugurated in Oct’08, will enable approximately 1000 physically challenged students to learn IT Skills and help them move along with the mainstream society. Similar Centres for the visually challenged have been started at Mysore, Thiruvananthpuram, Lucknow and Ajmer. The efforts of Foundation are being appreciated by one and all. Similar ICT facilities are planned to be set up at all the States in a phased manner.
DOT Centres:
NTPC Foundation is running Directly Observable Treatment Centres (DOTs) in its hospitals at 10 power stations to take care of tuberculosis patients in the vicinity of 25 km radius of these stations. Besides providing space and doctors’ services, your Company has also given mobile vans and diagnostic equipment to the Centres.
District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC):
The Foundation has also set up District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) in collaboration with National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (NIOH) at NTPC- Tanda which is serving the beneficiaries in nearby areas.
Distributed Generation (DG) Programmes for Rural Electrification.
NTPC Foundation is also providing grants for setting up of Distributed Generation Projects for preparation of feasibility report, DPR, Insurance, Energy Plantation and for meeting funding gap limited to 30% of the approved project cost.
Relief Operations
NTPC has always reached out to victims of natural calamities or any other disaster.
Supported Tsunami Victims
Rs. 15.2 million as employees’ contributions and Rs.80 million from the company was donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
Treatment provided to 7,838 patients.
Provided food to 18,398 villagers & children.
Assisted in restoration of power supply in 53 relief camps.
Livelihood
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."-Mahatma Gandhi
NTPC focuses on enhancing quality, skill and sustainability of the poor, thus widening the scope of livelihood opportunities for them. Some of the related activities are:-
Organising training for vocational trades.
Facilitating government sponsored schemes.
Schemes for specific target groups like women, disabled, elderly and other marginalised groups.
Marketing tie-ups.
Creating small-scale economic opportunities other than farming.
Voluntary initiatives
NTPC volunteers run E-VOICE (Employees Voluntary Organisation for Initiatives in Community Empowerment) at its stations with numerous programmes on education, livelihood, health, advocacy, etc.
NTPC employees are contributing actively to 25 E-VOICE across the country.
Community Development
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility is deeply ingrained in NTPC's culture. Through its expansive CSR initiatives NTPC strives to develop mutual trust with the communities that surround its Power Stations.
Right from social to developmental work of the community and welfare based dependence, to creating greater self reliance; constant endeavour is to institutionalise social responsibility on various levels.
NTPC's CSR-CD Policy, July 04, establishes NTPC foundation as a trust and initiating scheme for economic self reliance of physically challenged persons (PCP).
NTPC's approach towards CSR, further articulated in the corporate objectives on sustainable power development, is as follows:
To contribute to sustainable power development by discharging corporate social responsibilities.
lead the sector in the areas of resettlement and rehabilitation and environment protection including effective ash-utilisation, peripheral development and energy conservation practices.
NTPC Partners with the State and Central Government to improve the quality of skilled workforce
The Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are the backbone of Vocational education in India and they provide the workforce required for doing the skilled jobs in the Industry. Over the years a number weaknesses have developed in these ITIs including rigid training structure, inadequate trained vocational instructors, lack of modern equipment and machinery and weak linkage with Industry. These deficiencies created a mismatch between the trained manpower produced by the ITIs and those required by the industry.
To address these issues, the Finance Minister in his Budget speech 2007-08 announced a scheme for up-gradation of ITIs under Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The scheme envisaged the up-gradation of the ITI through a tripartite arrangement between State Government (owner of the ITI, shall continue the recurring expenditure, appoint new instructors), Central Government (provide Rs 2.5 Cr funds for up-gradation) and an Industry (provide management expertise to run the ITI).
NTPC is partnering with the State and Central Government in this endeavor, which will go a long way to improve the quality of vocational education in the country and make it demand driven so as to ensure better employability of the graduates. All the NTPC stations and projects explored the areas in the vicinity and identified the ITIs. After the getting the consent from the State Governments for adopting the ITIs, the Institute Management Committee (IMC) was formed. The IMC included members from local industry and nominees of the State Government. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) is then signed between the three Parties. NTPC has signed MoA at 15 locations in different states (Korba, Badarpur, Barh, Tapovan Vishnugarh, Lohari Nagpala, Farakka, Kayamkulam, Simhadri, Ramagundam, Kawas , Koldam, Talcher-Super, Anta, Mouda). The IMC then prepares an Institute Development Plan (IDP) applies for an interest free loan of Rs 2.5 Cr. This is examined by a state level steering committee and then based on the comments the Central Government sanctions the IMC, which is payable after 10 years in equal annual installments over a period of 20 years. In addition to the adoption of ITIs in the PPP scheme, NTPC has also entered into a MoA with the State Govt. of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for up-gradation of ITI at Faridabad and Dadri respectively.
All the 15 ITIs adopted under PPP scheme have been given loan of Rs 2.5 Cr by the central Government and the up-gradation activities are at full swing. The State Government is facilitating the process. New trades relevant to the local Industry are being added in most of the adopted ITIs. The ITI instructors are being trained to provide better education. The classrooms and the institute buildings are being repaired. New machinery is being purchased for laboratories and the workshops. The Libraries of the ITIs shall be getting new books. A detailed action plan has been chalked out by the Nodal Officers of these projects/ plants and the same is being implemented.
Scholarships Programme
Expanding its outreach in the area of social concern, NTPC has started a scholarship scheme to promote the educational interests of the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Physically Challenged students and thus helping them in shaping their careers as well.
NTPC Scholarship Scheme - X
NTPC Scholarship Scheme - X for SC / ST / PC students pursuing MBA / PGDBM course with specialization in HR / Finance from 16 NTPC notified Institutes.
NTPC uplifts local economy in Singrauli region
The NTPC is not just the leading power generating company in the country. It is also one of the topmost public sector undertakings which have been playing a dynamic role in transforming the lives of the people in various regions locating its projects. Its sustained work for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected people as also the community development programmes in the adjoining villages is a testimony to the deep commitment of NTPC to its corporate social responsibility. In the process, NTPC projects have helped in imparting high growth to the local village economy, apart from improving the standard of living of the project affected persons and the villagers. NTPC’s CSR programmes have been continuously improving upon the resettlement and rehabilitation work through a process of consultations with the affected people and various non-government organizations.
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The Singrauli region falls in two districts i.e. Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh and Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh There are three Super Thermal Power Stations/Projects in this region Singrauli, Vindhyachal and Rihand. Singrauli and Rihand plants are in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, whereas the Vindhyachal Plant is in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. They are fed by the Rihand Reservoir and the Northern Coalfield Company Limited. Geographically, the area is full of hills covering thousands of tons of coal underneath. The density of forest is very thin in a radius of 50+kilometers.
The land in Singrauli region was not agriculturally rich because of its physical feature and frequent drought, and large number of people were dependent on traditional occupations for their livelihood. They were either labour on the fields of the landlords or earned their living through gathering from forests. Due to frequent drought, food drops were taken place number of times. Even after the construction of Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar Dam in the first five year plan, lands in the areas away from reservoir were not fertile.
This power station was set up in 1977. It is a pit head Thermal Power Station having an installed capacity of 2000 MW with five units of 200 MW each and two units of 500 MW each.
Water supply for the purpose is drawn from the Rihand reservoir. Several States like U.P. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi etc. have benefited from electricity generated by the project.
Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Project
Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC is located in the district of Sidhi/ Singrauli in the State of Madhya Pradesh. This project is in Singrauli region which adjoins the State of Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh and is about 225 Kms., south of Varanasi City. Vindhyachal is a pithead Power Station of installed capacity 1260 MW (6X210 MW) under Stage-I , 1000 MW (2X500 MW) of Stage-II) and 1000 MW (2X500 MW) under Stage-III. Presently the total capacity of this project is 3260 and 1000MW of Stage-IV is under construction.
Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (RhSTPP)
Rihand Super Thermal Power Project (RhSTPP) is located in the District of Sonebhadra in the state of Uttar Pradesh and 225 KM from Varanasi and is the third NTPc project in Singrauli region.
RhSTPP is a pithead power station with a capacity of 2000 MW in two stages, 1000 MW (2x500 MW each) in Stage-I and 1000 MW (2x500 MW each) in Stage-II. The Stage-I & II of the project is already commissioned. Presently total capacity of this project is 2000MW and 1000MW of stage-III is in an advance stage of erection.
Services & Initiatives
At NTPC we are proud of the fact that we have successfully explored more than one way to generate power. Other than thermal power, we operate in hydro and gas regions too. As a natural progression of our in-depth understanding of the power sector and our formidable track record, NTPC has now ventured into three related fields. Consultancy for the power sector, setting up a training institute for the same and R&D.
Consultancy
The Consultancy Wing of NTPC, with an ISO 9001:2000 accreditation, undertakes all the Consultancy and turnkey project contracts for Domestic and International clients in the different phases of Power plants With the string of achievements
behind it, NTPC has emerged as the acknowledged leader in engineering, construction, O&M, RLA/R&M and management of power projects.
Why NTPC as consultant?
As a result of the phenomenal success achieved by NTPC in executing its own power projects, many utilities from India and abroad started approaching NTPC to gain from the rich experience gained by NTPC. With this in view NTPC formally established its Consultancy Wing in 1989.
Since then NTPC Consultancy has secured 490 orders from Domestic & International Clients.
NTPC is registered as a consultant with several leading international development and financial institutions such as The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank, The African Development Bank and UNDP.
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NTPC's vast pool of technically qualified and managerial manpower is well supported by excellent infrastructure and knowledge management facilities to deliver the client time bound, qualitative and cost effective solution meeting the global standards
At NTPC, we offer consultancy services related to infrastructure sector business such as:
Fossil fuel based thermal power plants
Combined cycle power plants
Cogeneration plants
Water supply and treatment
Environment engineering and management
International Marketing
Towards the end of last century, many countries started structural changes in their infrastructure sectors. Many countries decided to un-bundle their hitherto government controlled power sector. Further, in order to meet the growing demand for power, privatization of power projects emerged as the most outstanding choice. These actions of many progressive governments resulted in a number of opportunities for private players in power sector. These include development of power projects as Independent Power Producers (IPP).
About NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) NTPC is a technology driven company and is fully aligned to the needs of adapting to emerging technologies and upgrading the technologies through R&D. The
company is particularly sensitive to R&D and paradigm shift which it can make. Towards this, NTPC has a multi-pronged approach. NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) has come into existence in 2009 after merging of R&D center (Established in 1981) and Energy Technologies.
The focus areas are: Climate change, waste management, new & renewable energy, efficiency improvement and cost reduction besides providing scientific support to NTPC and external utilities for improving availability, reliability and efficiency.
The focus is on developing cutting edge technologies by carrying out applied research which will manifest into cost reduction and environment protection. NETRA is networked with Institutes/organizations for research related to development of cost economic technologies in the field of Climate change, New & Renewable energy, efficiency & reliability enhancement of thermal power generation and CO2 mitigation/fixation. It is also in the dialogue with many International institutes/organizations for networking in these areas.
Initiatives are taken to develop technologies for reducing forced outages, installing intelligent online monitoring of critical components, understanding the likely damages due to corrosion and providing appropriate solutions etc. Effort is being made for reducing cost of generation by either increasing the overhaul cycle or reducing overhaul duration through correct and proper health assessment of critical components, developing diagnostic tools and ensures environmental & safety compliances. The prime thrust is towards clean and economic power generation. The Patents have been filed in the areas of climate change, waste management etc.
Research Advisory Council (RAC) comprising of eminent scientists and experts from India and abroad has been constituted to steer NETRA for high end research. In-house Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) has also been constituted to provide directions improving plant performance & reducing cost of generation.
The key expertise lies in providing scientific support to stations for improving their life, performance and developing technologies for clean & economic power generation for the sustainable growth of power sector.
NETRA is a Member of IEA GHG R&D Program France, IERE Japan & CSLF France.NETRA is National Boiler Board Certified RLA Agency.
