Bloomberg reported in late 2022 that New Delhi-based NTPC is considering deploying small-scale modular reactors, known as SMRs, as part of the strategy, according to multiple people with knowledge of the company's plans. The producer has an overall power fleet of some 70 gigawatts, of which more than 80% bis coal-fired.
NTPC Ltd., India’s top power producer, is planning to build a massive nuclear fleet that will aid the nation's push away from coal and curb emissions to hit net-zero by 2070. The state-run company aims to install 20 to 30 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity by 2040 with the the new SMRs under developemnt today. India currently has 22 full-sized nuclear reactors that produce almost 7 gigawatts of capacity.
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