Monday, June 29, 2009

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BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 170-crore order from Chennai Petroleum Corporation for setting up gas turbine-based co-generation power plant at its
BHEL has secured a Rs 170-crore contract from Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL) for setting up an energy efficient 20 Mw co-generation power plant at its Manali refinery, a company statement said.

A co-generation power plant provides heating water and power for an industrial site or an entire town.

The project is being set up to meet the additional power and steam requirements of the refinery as part of its endeavour to achieve compliance to Euro-IV emission norms.

BHEL's scope of work in the present project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of gas turbine generator and heat recovery steam generator with associated auxiliaries and balance of plant, the statement said.

The equipment for the project will be supplied by BHEL's plants at Hyderabad, Trichy, Ranipet, Bhopal, Bangalore and Jhansi. Erection and commissioning of the captive power plant will be carried out by the company's Power Sector – Southern Region, Chennai, it added.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhel-bags-rs-170-cr-orderchennai-petroleum-corp/65882/on

Monday, June 22, 2009

BHEL surges on bagging order worth Rs 105 cr

BHEL touched an intraday high of Rs 2,140 and an intraday low of Rs 2,101. At 11:56 am, the share was quoting at Rs 2,121.10, up Rs 30.60, or 1.46%.

The company has got order worth Rs 105 crore from IOC, quoting NW18, reports CNBC-TV18.

It was trading with volumes of 62,457 shares. On Friday the share closed up 2.83% or Rs 57.55 at Rs 2,090.50.

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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/buzzing-stocks/bhel-surgesbagging-order-worth-rs-105-cr/402625

Sunday, June 21, 2009

BHEL stake sale on the table

Indian Government may shed a 10% stake in state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), a process expected to bring in around Rs 10,000
crore into the disinvestment kitty.

On Friday, heavy industry and public enterprises minister Vilasrao Deshmukh confirmed the government was considering the proposal to offload a 10% stake in the power equipment maker, where it currently holds a 67.72% stake.

BHEL is currently valued at Rs 28,000 crore and has been classified "navratna," which gives the company management more autonomy than other public sector firms.

A 10% stake sale is likely to raise around Rs 10,000 crore, said a market analyst who asked not be named. The BHEL scrip rose 2.83% to close at Rs 2,090.50 at the BSE on Friday.

"The point of disinvestment (in BHEL) is still under consideration," Mr Deshmukh said in his first media interaction after taking office. "The government definitely has a positive thinking on that line," he said.

BHEL's top officials are now likely to meet Mr Deshmukh on Monday, according to a company official.

The minister also announced that the company would enter into an agreement with Indian Railways for supplying stainless steel energy-efficient EMU coaches on a long term basis, as part of the government's 100-day agenda. BHEL will also synchronise eight thermal and hydro sets to generate 1,200 MW capacity in the next 100 days, he said.

The company will enter into agreements with state government power generation companies to form joint ventures (JVs) for super critical thermal power plants.

BHEL currently makes equipment that can generate 10,000 MW power capacity and is further augmenting this capacity to 15,000 MW per annum by December 2009. It plans to hike its capacity to 20,000 MW by 2011-12.

ref:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Market-News/BHEL-stake-sale-on-the-table/articleshow/4678483.cms

Thursday, June 18, 2009

BHEL secure order for 2 Gas Turbine from Middle East

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has achieved yet another milestone in the Middle East region with a prestigious export order for 2 Gas Turbine Generating Units of 126 MW each from the Sultanate of Oman.

Valued at INR 3,750 million, the order envisages supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of 2 numbers state of the art Gas turbine generating units of 126 MW each for a power project being set up by Petroleum Development Oman at Amal, nearly 700 kilometers from Muscat.

This is the first order secured by BHEL as part of the prestigious 6 year ‘Price Agreement for 126 MW rating Gas Turbine Generator packages’ with PDO, signed in January 2009. Secured in the face of stiff international competition, the rate contract is initially valid for 6 years with a provision for further extension by another 3 years.

The Sultanate of Oman is BHEL’s key export market and has been a springboard for entry in the Middle East region with benchmark references established in Oman. With the present order, BHEL will have the unique distinction of having 15 Gas Turbine sets installed in Oman alone.

PDO, a company, majority owned by the Government of Oman with the balance shareholding by Royal Dutch Shell, Partex and Total is BHEL’s most important customer in the Sultanate, for whom it has successfully executed four power projects on EPC basis. Notably, BHEL-supplied sets today account for over 50% of PDO’s installed generating capacity. In addition, BHEL has executed three orders for compressor packages for PDO.

This order demonstrates PDO’s continued confidence in BHEL’s capabilities and competitiveness. This contract will further enhance BHEL’s long term visibility in the overseas Petroleum Sector for Power Plant equipment, which may pave the way for similar opportunities from the hydrocarbon exploration and production majors worldwide.

Significantly, BHEL has earlier secured and executed 14 major contracts in the past 14 years in Oman. These contracts include 7 Power Projects on EPC basis from diverse Sectors viz. Petroleum Sector; Utility and Industry which are testimony to BHEL’s strong presence and acceptability in the Oman market.

For the contract, the Gas Turbines and associated equipment will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s Hyderabad plant and the state of the art Control System will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bangalore.

ref:
http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/06/19/OTg5NjA%3D/BHEL_secure_order_for_2_Gas_Turbine_from_Middle_East.html

Monday, June 15, 2009

Bhel demands 10% import duty on power equipment

Bhel has demanded a 10 per cent customs duty on import of equipment for both the projects awarded through the international competitive bidding route and mega power plants.

"We would like to have 10 per cent custom duty on imported power equipment sourced for both mega power projects or the ones being set up through the international competitive bidding route (ICB)," CMD Bhel K Ravi Kumar told PTI over phone.

At present, 5 per cent customs duty is imposed on equipment imported for the projects that have been awarded to the developers through the ICB process. Whereas, there is no duty on power equipment sourced for the mega projects (1,000 Mw and above).

"We want a uniform import duty for type of power projects," Kumar said.

Bhel is the country's largest public sector power equipment player and manufacture units that can generate 10,000 Mw of power annually. The company plans to take this capacity upward to 15,000 Mw by the end of the current financial year.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhel-demands-10-import-dutypower-equipment/64679/on

BHEL bags Rs 4000 crore Hindalco contract

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged a Rs 4,015-crore order from Hindalco Industries for supplying boilers, turbines and generators at its 900 mw captive power plant in Orissa.

“Amid stiff competition from domestic and international companies, including Chinese majors, Bhel has bagged an order from Hindalco Industries for the supply and setting up of the main plant package for its upcoming captive power unit at Aditya Aluminium in Sambalpur district of Orissa,” a company statement said.

Hindalco recently placed a similar order with Bhel for the main plant package of its 900 mw captive power unit in Madhya Pradesh.

The equipment for both the projects will be manufactured and supplied by Bhel’s manufacturing units in Trichy, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Bangalore and Ranipet. The company has bagged the order for 12 units of 150 mw sets from Hindalco. “It is the largest captive power plant order placed by any industry in India and also the largest order won by Bhel in its industrial business segment,” the statement said.

These captive power plants of 900 mw capacity each at Mahan and Aditya Aluminium are key to the expansion plans of Hindalco.

Bhel has fully-established, state-of-the-art technology for manufacturing thermal sets up to 1,000 mw rating suited to Indian conditions using Indian as well as imported coal. The company has also introduced new rating thermal sets of 270 mw, 525 mw and 600 mw to meet customer demand.

Bhel currently manufactures equipment that can generate 10,000 mw power and is further augmenting capacity to 15,000 mw per annum by December 2009.

ref:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Indl-Goods--Svs/Engineering/BHEL-bags-Rs-4000-crore-Hindalco-contract/articleshow/4650795.cms

Thursday, June 11, 2009

NTPC, BHEL to establish a manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have tied knot to establish a Rs 6,000-crore power equipment manufacturing base in Chittoor district.

Last year, both partners incorporated the joint venture company christened "NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Pvt. Ltd, to manufacture equipment for thermal, hydro, gas and power plants.

The state government has already allotted 750 acres of land for the unit, and further it would provide required infrastructure for the unit like water supply, power and roads as per the Industrial Investment Promotion Policy for mega projects.

The facility is considered as a major industrial project coming up in the state after the Vizag Steel Plant. The plant is expected to provide direct employment to 6,000 people besides indirect employment to over 25,000 persons.

ref:
http://www.topnews.in/ntpc-bhel-establish-manufacturing-unit-andhra-pradesh-2176901

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Siemens receives follow-up order for power plant components from BHEL

Siemens Energy has received an order from its Indian licensee Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) for the supply of key components for a 1,600-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in India. Delivery of the components is scheduled for late 2011. The order volume amounts to over EUR80 million (528.52 crore Indian rupees).

The Siemens scope of supply essentially comprises an SST5-6000 steam turbine, a water-cooled SGen5-3000W generator, an SPPA-T3000 instrumentation & controls system for the turbine-generators, and components for the second turbine-generator.
Only recently BHEL had placed an order with Siemens for two steam turbine-generators for the Barh II coal-fired power plant. “With this second order from India we are together with our Indian partner BHEL further expanding our leading market position for supercritical steam turbine technology,” said Roland Fischer, CEO of the Products Fossil Power Generation Business Unit of Siemens Energy.

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http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2139&Itemid=2

Thursday, June 4, 2009

BHEL felicitates meritorious students

In an impressive programme organised by BHEL Shiksha Mandal today, MK Dube, Executive Director, BHEL-Bhopal felicitated the meritorious students of 10th & 12th Board Examination as well as successful students in IIT JEE-2009 and other competitive exams. RK Girdonia, Chairman (BSM), PK Sinha, Vice Chairman (BSM), BD Baderia (CMS), Kasturba Hospital, VK Gothi, Secretary (BSM), principals and teachers of BSM run schools were present on this occasion.
Dube, while congratulating the students for scoring high marks in 10th & 12th Board Examinations requested the teachers to guide them in such a way that they successfully crack All India level competitive exams like IIT, AIEEE along with their Board Exams. He said that success in these exams is a steppingstone of their future and they must chalk-out their future action plan to come out with flying colours in their lives.
He further said that these students are the future of the society as well as the country and hence the teachers must put in all their efforts to develop them not only as successful people, but responsible citizens. Congratulating the teachers and students from Jawaharlal Nehru School for excellent performance in JEE-2009 Exam, he asked the teachers of other schools to motivate their students in a better way.

full article at:
http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=8892

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

BHEL bags Rs 375-crore order from Oman

BHEL on Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs 375-crore order for executing two gas turbine generating units for a project in Oman.

"BHEL has won an export order for two gas turbine generating units of 126 MW each from Oman," a company statement said.

The scope of the order includes supply, erection and commissioning of two gas turbine generating units of 126 MW each for a power project being set up by Petroleum Development Oman at Amal.

For the contract, the gas turbines and associated equipment would be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s Hyderabad plant and the Control System would be manufactured and supplied by the company's Electronics Division, Bangalore.

With the present order, BHEL's would have installed 15 gas turbine sets in Oman alone, it said.

The company had earlier secured and executed 14 major contracts in the past 14 years in Oman.

These contracts include seven power projects on EPC basis Petroleum Development Oman; Ministry of Housing, Electricity & Water, Oman; and Oman Cement Company.



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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200906031351.htm

BHEL ties up with IIT for water purification

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) is all set to enhance its spending on R&D to enhance the efficiency of water purification processes
like reverse osmosis and thermal desalination technologies. This is to ensure that its power plants get a steady supply of water and that a portion of it can shared with residential communities in the neighbourhood of its units.

Currently, BHEL resorts to desalination of sea water and treating of brackish or sewage water to feed power plants. The R&D projects will be developed to cater to the needs of future power plants that are likely to be located away from rivers or water bodies. "Earlier, power plant used to be located near rivers or water bodies. In future, plants will located either close to coal mines or ports to minimise logistic cost. Also, availability of water will be difficult in coming years," said a BHEL official.

As part of the initiative, BHEL's Tiruchi and Ranipet units have entered into an industry-academia collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) to help foster research on new technologies that can make its power plants environment-friendly. Given the fact that all its units are currently coal-fired thermal power plants which emit vast amounts of carbon, the plan can also be interpreted as an effort to negate the adverse effects of global warming.

"IIT and BHEL will work on time-bound projects to identify future technologies for power plants. The number of projects is yet to be finalised," said BHEL Ranipet unit's executive director A V Krishnan, after signing the MoU at IIT-M on Wednesday. The joint research will focus more on sea water desalination and pollutant control system. Already, a ceramic membrane is being developed for reverse osmosis by IIT. Other areas of R&D collaboration will include super-critical steam generators, modelling and analysis, material characterisation, utilisation of nano materials, fuel cells and bio mass and zero emission technologies.

more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/BHEL-ties-up-with-IIT-for-water-purification-/articleshow/4614358.cms

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

BHEL commissions solar power plants in Lakshadweep

Bharat Heavy Electricals on Tuesday said it has completed two 100 KWp solar power plants in the Lakshadweep islands.

“BHEL has commissioned two solar power plants of 100 KWp (Kilowatt peak) each in Lakshadweep,'' the company said in a statement.

With this, BHEL has commissioned 11 solar power plants in the Lakshadweep islands, adding over 1MW of solar energy to the power-generating capacity of the coral islands, the statement said.

The plants have been set up at Chetlat and Amini islands of Lakshadweep.

BHEL had earlier commissioned solar power plants in the islands of Agatti, Andrott, Bangaram, Bitra, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Kiltan and Minicoy, it said.

Apart from substantial fuel savings up to three lakh litres per year, the projects will greatly reduce the problems faced in the transportation and storage of diesel, besides safeguarding the ecology of the coral islands hitherto threatened by the use of diesel.

The solar photo-voltaic modules are manufactured at the company's facility in Bangalore. - PTI

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/02021497.htm