NTPC commences commercial operation of the third unit of Barh project

NTPC’s Barh Super Thermal Power Station is located in Barh sub-division on NH-31 in Patna district. The company has commenced the commercial operation of the 660 MW unit-1 of the NTPC Barh plant. This is the third unit of the Barh project to operationalise. The Units 4 and 5 of 660 MW are already in commercial operation. With this launch, the total generation capacity of NTPC Barh will go up to 1,980 MW. The remaining two units of 660 MW each, are in advance stage of commissioning. Apart from this, a 250 MW unit 9 of NTPC’s Barauni thermal power station (BTPS) also began commercial operation from 1st November 2021.