BHEL commissions largest thermal power plant in North East
Published: Mar 23, 2017
By TIOLCORP News Service
NEW DELHI, MAR 23, 2017: BHARAT Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved one more milestone by successfully commissioning another 250 MW coal-based thermal at the upcoming Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Assam.
BHEL is executing the main plant package contract for setting up three coal-fired units of 250 MW each at Bongaigaon TPS of NTPC Limited. Significantly, this is the highest rating coal based power plant in the North East region.
The first unit of the power plant was commissioned earlier by BHEL and is presently operational while the third and final unit is in an advanced stage of commissioning.
Bongaigaon TPS is located at Salakati near Bongaigaon in Kokrajhar district of Assam. Also known as the gateway to Lower Assam, Bongaigoan is one of the industrial towns of the state, which also has a major petrochemical industry. This project has been set up after demolishing an old 4x60 MW power station of Assam State Electricity Board.
The sets of this rating class, supplied by BHEL, are considered as the workhorse and backbone of the Indian power sector. These sets have been performing much above the national average as well as international benchmarks.
Presently, in Assam, BHEL is also executing a gas-based combined cycle power project of 98.4 MW at Namrup. The plant is already commissioned in the open cycle mode and the commissioning in combined cycle mode is in the final stages.
BHEL is the market leader in the Indian Power Sector with a formidable installed base of over 1,70,000 MW of power plant equipment globally. BHEL's customers also enjoy the advantage of assured and prompt After Sales Service.
