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;