State-owned heavy equipment maker, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has bagged order worth Rs 1,300 crore from NTPC BHEL Power Projects (NBPPL), a joint venture between NTPC and BHEL for the supply and installation of the Steam Generator, Steam Turbine Generator and Electrics Package for the upcoming 500 MW Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project (TPP).
BHEL’s scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of Steam Generator, Steam Turbine Generator and their auxiliaries; Electrics and Switchyard with associated Civil Works along with state-of-the-art Controls & Instrumentation (C&I). The order reinforces BHEL’s leadership status in the execution of thermal power projects involving supply of state-of-the-art equipment, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions.
More than 100 numbers of 490-600 MW rating thermal sets have been contracted by BHEL in the country so far, of which 45 sets have been contracted for projects of NTPC and its JVs. On commissioning of the unit, 12 million units of electricity will be added to the grid, every day.
BHEL has been committed to the nation’s power development programme and has reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian Power Sector by equipping itself by way of contemporary technology, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and skilled technical manpower. Significantly, the company has established the capability to deliver power plant equipment of 20,000 MW per annum.
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