NTPC generation up 13percent in July
India's largest generation utility NTPC and its group arms produced 13% more power in July than the preceding month, indicating an uptick in demand on the back of revival in economic activities.NTPC, its subsidiaries and joint ventures produced 26.73 bu (billion units) in July against 23.59 billion units in June, the company said on Tuesday.Power consumption is a key measure of industrial and economic activities.Generation at the company's coal-fired stations grew 5.6% in July at 21.89 bu against 20.74 bu in July 2019. The 2,600-MW Korba station in Chhattisgarh notched up more than 100% capacity utilisation in the month under review.NTPC as a group has a total installed capacity of 62,910 mw. It has 70 power stations comprising 24 coal-fire.....