NSPCL is a joint venture company of NTPC Limited and SAIL to generate power for various steel plants throughout India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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History

NTPC and SAIL joined forces in March, 2001 and took over a captive power plant (consisting of 2x60MW generators) located at the Durgapur Steel Plant

Durgapur Steel Plant

Durgapur Steel Plant is one of the integrated steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited, located in Durgapur, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. It has played a historically important part in the industrial development of India. Although not a separate company, it is the largest...

 and another (also 2x60MW) at the Rourkela Steel Plant

Rourkela Steel Plant

Rourkela Steel Plant ,set up in 1958, is an integrated steel plant of Steel Authority of India Limited located in Rourkela, Orissa. It is the first Public Sector Integrated Steel Plant to be set up in India. The blast furnace was inaugurated by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The...

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NTPC formed another joint venture company with SAIL on in March, 2002 in the name of Bhilai Electric Supply Company Ltd. (BESCL). BESCL took over a captive power plant (comprising 2 30MW generators and one 14MW back-power turbo generator

Turbo generator

A turbo generator is a turbine directly connected to an electric generator for the generation of electric power. Large steam powered turbo generators provide the majority of the world's electricity and are also used by steam powered turbo-electric ships.Smaller turbo-generators with gas turbines...

) located at the Bhilai Steel Plant

Bhilai Steel Plant

Bhilai Steel Plant, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, is India's only producer of steel rails, and is a major producer of steel plates and structural components.This steel plant was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955...

from SAIL. Effective 11 September 2006, BESCL became part of NSPCL.

Growth

Since 2006, NSPCL has provided all power required by the Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela steel plants. To meet growing demands, NSPCL commissioned an expansion project at Bhilai comprising two 250MW generators during 2008-2009, and brought the units online in 2009-2010. Additional growth to generate an additional 1725MW is anticipated at other SAIL facilities.