Bhel plans capacity expansion in Trichy

Chennai, March 23 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) at Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu has embarked on a major capacity augmentation scheme. It has invested Rs 190 crore on equipment to produce 10,000 mw of power capacity equivalent per year and will be investing Rs 732 crore to further enhance the capacity to15,000 mw.

The initiatives are in line with the Central Electricity Authority’s capacity addition target of 78,577 mw for the Eleventh Plan, the company said here. Bhel Tiruchirappalli, which has achieved a record turnover of Rs 4,607 crore during fiscal 2006-07 with an all-time high profit before tax of Rs 872 crore, has now spruced up its construction activity to complete the second phase of its capacity augmentation scheme at an investment of

Rs 732 crore.

The second phase of expansion will be completed by March 2009, said a senior official of the company. The first phase was completed within a very short period at an estimated cost of Rs 190 crore, the official added.

According to the official, Bhel is setting up facilities to make 800 mw/1,000 mw super critical boilers at its Trichy plant.

The on-going phase-II will now focus on raising the overall installed capacity through the introduction of 75 types of high productive machines, the official said.

The total covered shop floor area, with associated office buildings, machinery, material handing, testing and support facilities added in the two phases will be around 1.25 million sq ft (around 1,12,000 sq m), the official added.

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