NLC India Ltd., headquartered at Neyveli in Tamil Nadu, contributes a lion’s share of lignite production. The public sector undertaking (PSU) lists, as among its performance highlights, the all-time high coal and lignite production of 36.32 tonnes in 2023-24 across the country. In Tamil Nadu, the NLCIL’s installed power generation capacity is 4,390 MW of thermal projects and 1,411 MW of renewable energy projects. Officials said some challenges in land acquisition had been overcome and that lignite production would be ramped up. The company has set as its target an installed capacity of 17.1 GW, including 6 GW renewable capacity, by 2030.

Source: The Hindu May 19, 2024 19:09 UTC