BHEL commissions 600 mw unit in Telangana

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commissioned the second of the two 600 MW units of Singareni Thermal Power Project in Adilabad district, Telangana.Announcing this on Thursday, the company said in March this year it has commissioned the first unit of the project developed by the country’s second largest coal miner Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. Over 85 per cent of the coal based power stations, amounting to 5,740 MW, in Telangana have been commissioned by BHEL. Reposing confidence in BHEL’s capability of setting up power plants, the Telangana state utility has placed orders with the central PSU for executing around 6,000 MW of thermal power projects on an EPC basis, the release said. — Special Correspondent ref: http://www.thehindu.com/business/BHEL-commissions-600-mw-unit-in-Telangana/article16960126.ece

BHEL HOLDS VIDEO MEET ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT

An organisational Crisis Management Group (CMG) meet has been organised on Monday through Video conferencing at BHEL Bhopal under the chairmanship of Director (E, R&D). More than 23 Locations including BHEL Units, Power Sector and various RODs participated in the meet. From BHEL Bhopal a unit level CMG group under the Chairmanship of Executive Director AMV Yugandhar , participated in the meet. The meeting was inaugurated by Director (E, R&D) in presence of ED Bhopal, ED Jhansi, ED Hyderabad and ED Haridwar. From BHEL Bhopal Sanjeev Gupta GM(P&D,IT), GM(HR), GM(EM&EMRP) joins the session. Director (ER&D) thrusts on digitilisation initiatives taken by BHEL .Senior Dignitaries / Members from various wings of Central Government Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MIETY) (Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) , Data Security Council of India (DSCI), National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre’ (NCIIPC) and Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC)) also express their views on cyber security and stress on digital revolution taking place in the country. Meanwhile, among all State and Central Public Sector Enterprises, BHEL has been adjudged as the Best PSE in Research & Development by an independent jury. The Governance Now PSU Award 2016 for Excellence in RSD was presented to AtuI Sobti,CMD, BHEL by Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. In addition, BHEL bagged the award in the category of Excellence in Technology Adoption. more at: http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhel-holds-video-meet-on-crisis-management.html

BHEL aims to reduce dependence on power biz to 50% in 10yrs

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited today said it was aiming to reduce its dependence on thermal power business to 50 percent over the next 10 years from 80 percent now. "With focus on non-power business we are internally targeting to bring down dependence on thermal power sector to 50 percent. Currently, thermal power contribution is 80 percent now," BHEL chairman and managing director Atul Sobti said here today on the sidelines of 31st Indian Engineering Congress by The Institution of Engineers. He said the company is giving impetus on transportation, defence and solar in big way. The company has recently invested Rs 300 crore to enhance the solar PV cell making capability to 225MW. The Central Electricity Authority in a draft paper said given the massive capacity addition plans in the renewable sector, CEA estimates there is no requirement for new coal plants in 2017-22. Based on demand projections, CEA estimates new coal-based capacity requirement of 44,085 MW in 2022-27. But with 50,025 MW of coal power projects already in different stages of construction and likely to yield benefits in 2017-22, the agency does not foresee any immediate requirement for new coal power plants. ref: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/bhel-aims-to-reduce-dependencepower-biz-to-5010yrs_8127301.html

BHEL bags Rs 200 crore railway order for traction converters

BHEL on Friday said that it has bagged a major order from Indian Railways for supply of IGBT-based traction converters. “Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged a major order for supply of 118 sets of IGBT-based traction converters for 3 Phase 6,000 HP electric locomotives,” the company said in a statement. ref http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhel-bags-rs-200-crore-railway-order-for-traction-converters-4430057/

District admin asks BHEL Bhopal to put solar plant on hold

The Bhopal district administration has urged the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to put on hold its plan to build a 10 Mega Watt (MW) solar power plant at Jamboree ground here. The district administration claims BHEL had not informed it about the plan and sent a formal communication only five days ago. The board of directors of the public sector undertaking (PSU) in November had cleared the proposal to build the Rs 54-crore solar plant spread over 50 acres of the 200-acre Jamboree ground. The PSU plans to supply the power generated to its township. ref: http://www.hindustantimes.com/bhopal/district-admin-asks-bhel-bhopal-to-put-solar-plant-on-hold/story-XIsZWiiZrEG5sBr1kXTWHL.html

BHEL commissions first unit of Pulichintala hydro power plant

BHEL today said that it has commissioned the first unit of the 4x30 MW Pulichintala Hydroelectric project (HEP) in Telangana. "The greenfield project is being set up by TSGENCO in Guntur district of Telangana on the river Krishna," BHEL said in statement today. BHEL's scope of work in the project includes design, manufacture, supply, supervision of erection, testing and commissioning of Electrical & Mechanical (E&M) package comprising 4 sets of 30 MW vertical Kaplan Turbine & Generator along with associated auxiliaries, it said. According to the statement, equipment has been manufactured at BHEL plants at Bhopal, Jhansi, Rudrapur and Bengaluru, while supervision of erection and commissioning of project have been carried out by the company's Power Sector - Southern Region construction division. BHEL has commissioned 983 MW of hydro power projects in Telangana so far, it said. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bhel-commissions-first-unitpulichintala-hydro-power-plant_8048781.htmlref;