GE Power bags large scale project from NTPC

GE Power India Limited has won an order worth Rs. 142 crore from NTPC for supply and installation of low NOx combustion system for 10 GW of thermal power plant capacity across India. This is the first large scale project awarded by NTPC for installing low NOx combustion technology at its thermal power plant fleet.

The low NOx combustion system will be delivered in a phased manner over a period of over 30 months. The project involves in-combustion system modification of the boiler by staging the combustion air in the furnace to reduce the generation of fuel and thermal NOX during the combustion process. This technology will help reduce 30-40 per cent of NOx emissions from these coal-fired boilers up to a level of less than 400 mg/Nm3 at 6 per cent oxygen (O2) content in flue gas on the dry gas basis at Induced Draft (ID) Fan outlet.

With more than 150 GW of coal-fired plants operating at the sub-critical level, India is the world’s second largest NOx emitter, contributing close to 30 per cent of annual NOx emissions of the country’s industrial sector. With this order, GE Power has got an opportunity to address this critical issue of emission from coal power plants.

Earlier in September 2018, GE was selected by NTPC and Tata Chemicals to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India with low NOx firing system in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh and Mithapur, Gujarat, which was the first standalone order for low NOx firing system upgrade in any coal-fired utility and industrial boilers respectively in India.

On Wednesday, stock of GE Power opened at Rs. 853.70. It surged by 4.1 per cent to make intra-day high of Rs. 884.90 and closed at Rs. 880.