25 MW floating solar power generated by NTPC Simhadri successfully connected to grid: CGM-Diwakar Kaushik

NTPC Simhadri: CGM Mr. Diwakar Kaushik is happy to announce that the 25 MW Floating Solar Power generated by NTPC Simhadri in stages has been successfully connected to the grid. In the same way the green hydrogen-based energy storage project, set up in collaboration with M/s Bloom Energy India Pvt Ltd- Bangalore, is India’s first and largest in the world.

As a part of MOU, NTPC Simhadri organized media meet was held at Hotel Daspalla, Visakhapatnam today.

NTPC Simhadri CGM- Diwakar Kaushik, Addressed the media along with GM(O&M), GM(TS) & AGM(HR)& AGM(EMG) . Shri Philips Thomas –DGM(P&S)  explained the Simhadri Plant activities  through PPT.

Despite of Severe COVID-19 pandemic in India & AP, the floating Solar Project of NTPC Simhadri  , successfully completed the 10MW   and connected to Southern grid on 29.06.2021 and declared commercial w.e.f from 12:00Hrs of 30.06.2021 and balance 15 MW was successfully connected to grid on  21.08.2021.

NTPC Ltd, India’s largest integrated energy company has awarded project of ‘Standalone Fuel-Cell based  50 kW Micro-grid  Pilot project with hydrogen production using electrolyser’ to M/s Bloom Energy India Pvt Ltd- Bangalore at NTPC Simhadri (Andhra Pradesh). This will be India’s first Green Hydrogen based Energy Storage Project and one of world’s largest