India to replace 11,000MW old power plants

These plants are over 25 years old.

NTPC, India's largest power generator, said that it will phase out power plants that are over 25 years old. These old plants have a total capacity of 11,000MW.

Minister Piyush Goyal added that the project will take almost 5 years to complete and will cost Rs 50,000 crore.

He added that it is concerning that India still runs very old power plants that leads to high carbon dioxide emission.