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NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) is India's largest integrated power utility, established in 1975, with an installed capacity of ~89 GW. As a Maharatna central public sector enterprise, it operates across the entire energy value chain, including thermal, solar, hydro, and wind generation, while diversifying into coal mining, green hydrogen, and e-mobility.

• Diversification: Beyond power generation, NTPC is involved in consultancy, power trading, ash utilization, and innovative technologies like carbon capture and battery storage.
• Key Locations: Headquartered in New Delhi, India.
• Performance: Consistently reports high operational reliability and plant loading factors that exceed national averages.
• Transformation: Actively transitioning towards cleaner energy, with plans to make non-fossil fuel sources a major part of its future portfolio. 

• Role & Impact: Powers roughly every fourth light in India.
• Capacity Goal: Aims to achieve 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032 as part of its sustainability goal.