BHEL assures AP Genco of equipment supply for power plants

BHEL today assured Generation Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (AP Genco) of timely supply of turbines for 2,800 MW of expansion projects. Responding to the request of the Andhra Pradesh Government, the Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL, D. Prabhakar Rao, assured M. Sahoo, Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh and AP Genco that they would ensure timely supply of equipment. BHEL has been chosen by AP Genco for supply of equipment such as boilers, turbines and generators. AP Genco is executing several projects in the State. These include Kakatiya thermal power of 600 MW with the planned date of commissioning December 2012, Krishnapatnam thermal power 2x800 MW with unit I in June next year and unit II in December next year and Rayalaseema thermal power station of 600 MW to be commissioned by August 2014. D. Prabhakar Rao, Joint Managing Director of AP Genco and BHEL Chairman, held discussions over the need for timely completion of these projects due to demand-supply mismatch in the State which worsened due to shortage of gas supply from KG Basin. With more than 1,20,000 cusecs of water flowing into Priyadarshini Jurala project from Karnataka, five units of 39 MW each have begun to generate power. ref: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3866877.ece