The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has awarded an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Thermax, an Indian energy and environment company, and FRENELL, a German concentrated solar power (CSP) company (through its wholly owned subsidiary Novatec Solar Espana), to set up an integrated thermal solar project at NTPC Dadri premises in Uttar Pradesh. The project involves the integration of a concentrated solar field into the Dadri coal fired power station. The heat generated from the solar field will heat the feed water supplied to the steam generator, allowing for lower coal consumption and thereby reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in September of 2017.