NLC India at present has four open cast lignite mines to be specific Mine I, Mine II, Mine IA and Barsingsar Mine. The lignite mined out is utilized as fuel to the connected Pit head power stations.
Additionally crude lignite is being offered to little scope enterprises to utilize it as fuel in their creation exercises.
NLC India has five pithead Thermal Power Stations with a total limit of 3240 MW. Further, NLC India has introduced 34 Wind Turbine Generators of limit 1.50 MW each and furthermore authorized 440 MW Solar Photo Voltaic Power plant in Neyveli, bringing about a general force producing limit of 3731 MW(excl. JVs).