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Sunday, September 20, 2009

NTPC's Focus on Technology

Global warming has become a major issue.Coal based power generation being the core business segment of NTPC,concerns regarding global warming are all the more relevant for it.NTPC has joined major international initiatives for undertaking research and development programmes for working towards cleaner power generation technologies.

It is a member of Futuregen project-involved in the development of a zero emission power project;it is a member of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate and undertaking research and is also a member of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum.NTPC has also set up an energy technologies centre for undertaking fundamental research and as a matter of policy,it has set aside 0.5 percent of its profits for R&D.

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