Automation solutions provider, Emerson Process Management has announced it has completed the automation package for the NTPC Simhadri Stage II 2x500 MW super thermal power project.

Located near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, this is NTPC's first coast based coal-fired thermal power project. The power from the plant will be supplied to Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

With the completion of the project, NTPC Simhadri has the latest control and instrumentation systems, which help better manage the power plant equipment and simplify work. Emerson is the station control and instrumentation (C&I) systems contractor for this plant.

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