After ONGC, HPCL and Tata Power, the country's biggest electricity generator NTPC Ltd now plans to foray into wind power with an investment of more than Rs 1,200 crore as it seeks to diversify into renewable energy.
The navratna PSU, which has an installed capacity of more than 26,000 MW entirely on coal or gas, has been looking to diversify into other energy sources and is already working on hydroelectric projects, besides a few small biomass plants.
NTPC's proposed venture comes at a time when a number of energy companies in India and abroad have already forayed into renewables, particularly wind and solar. India is the world's fourth largest wind energy producer with an installed capacity of more than 7,000 MW, only behind Germany, Spain and the US.
Read more in The Economic Times article.
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