BHEL scoops Rs 2.8 cr for 660 MW power project in Maharashtra
Published: Jan 17, 2018
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, JAN 17, 2018: BHARAT Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the largest manufacturer of power generation equipment in the country bags order for setting up a 660 MW coal-based thermal power project, valued at over Rs. 2,800 crore in Maharashtra. The project will be set up as an expansion project (Unit 6) of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO)'s Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.
BHEL's scope of work for this brownfield expansion project includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing and commissioning of 1x660 MW supercritical thermal set and civil works. The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Thirumayam and Bengaluru plants while the company's Power Sector – Western Region shall be responsible for civil works and erection and commissioning of the equipment.
BHEL has a long standing partnership with MAHAGENCO and has a significant share of 81% in the coal-based power stations installed in the state by the utility. BHEL is the market leader in both the subcritical as well as the supercritical segments in the country. The company has secured orders for 50 supercritical Steam Generators (SG) and 43 supercritical Steam Turbine Generators (STG) - the highest in the country by any power equipment manufacturer. Of these, 15 SGs and 13 STGs have already achieved capacity addition.