BHEL bags order worth Rs 703 cr for power project

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) here, has bagged an order for the main plant package at the upcoming Bela Thermal Power Project (BTPP) in Maharashtra, involving a new rating unit of 270 MW.

In a press release here today, the company said the order worth Rs 703 crore for the greenfield power project located at Bela in Nagpur district, has been placed on BHEL by Ideal Energy Projects Limited.

The scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of boiler, steam turbine and turbo-generator, along with associated auxiliaries and state-of-the-art controls and instrumentation, including generator and unit transformers.

BHEL has fully established state-of-the-art technology for the manufacture of thermal setups to 1,000 MW rating, the release added.

Coming close on the heels of an order for a 600 MW thermal power plant of Korba West Power Company Limited in Chhattisgarh, the order from Ideal Energy Projects was a testimony to the confidence reposed by Independent Power Producers in BHEL's capabilities.

Major private sector customers too have been reposing confidence in BHEL, and in fiscal 2008-09, orders worth more than Rs 13,000 crore were placed on the company by Jindal Power, Jaiprakash Power Ventures, GVK Power, Hindalco, HPCL Mittal Energy Limited, Adani Power, Tatas and ACC, among others, the release added.


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