Telangana to procure motors for drinking water project from BHEL

The Telangana government on Sunday decided to buy all electromechanical equipment for its ambitious Mission Bhagiratha, aimed at providing piped drinking water to each of the state’s 84 lakh households by 2018, from public-sector BHEL, an official statement said. The decision to buy motors and piping equipment from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to review the Rs 40,000 crore project. ref: http://www.siasat.com/news/telangana-procure-motors-drinking-water-project-bhel-1042698/

BHEL pays 98 cr dividend in FY16

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has paid a final equity dividend of 20 per cent for the fiscal 2015-16. In value terms, the total dividend paid for fiscal 2015-16 amounts to Rs 98 crore. With this, the company has maintained its impeccable track record of rewarding investors by paying dividends uninterruptedly since 1976-77. A cheque of Rs 61.7 Crore towards the final dividend for the year 2015-16 on the equity (63.06 per cent) held by the Government of India, was presented to Anant G Geete, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by Atul Sobti, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL, in the presence of Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. more at: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Business/2016-10-06/BHEL-pays-98-cr-dividend-in-FY16/257362

BHEL bags 2 hydro electric plant orders worth Rs. 430 cr

State-owned power equipment maker BHEL has bagged two renovation and modernisation (R&M) orders of hydropower plants worth Rs. 430 crore, including one from NHPC. “BHEL has secured R&M contracts of hydro electric plants (HEPs). The company has won orders worth around Rs. 430 crore for R&M of 6x60 MW Balimela HEP of Odisha Hydro Power Corp Ltd (OHPC) and 3x60 MW Bairasiul HEP of National NHPC Ltd,” the company said in a statement. According to a statement, the units at both Balimela and Bairasiul have been in operation for over 35 years and the R&M of these units will result in restoration of output capacity, improvement in efficiency and reduction in auxiliary power consumption, in addition to leading to better plant availability. BHEL’s scope of work for the job orders envisages design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, dismantling, setting up, testing and commissioning of critical parts of turbines, generators, governors, controls and instrumentation, protection and balance of plant (BoP). Major equipment for these contracts will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s plants in Bhopal, Jhansi and Bengaluru. The normal life expectancy of an HEP is considered to be 30-35 years. In the current scenario of resource constraints, renovation and modernisation of existing HEPs is considered as the best option as this is cost-effective and requires much lesser time than setting up of greenfield projects. BHEL’s footprint in hydropower accounts for 23 GW of hydro sets commissioned and 6 GW of hydro sets under execution in India and abroad. ref: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/bhel-bags-2-hydro-electric-plant-orders-worth-rs-430-cr/article9179849.ece

BHEL ASKED TO MODIFY POWER PLANTS RUNNING ON IMPORTED COAL

Union Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the government has asked Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to find a design to modify the power plants, running on imported coal, set up in the past. "We have to find solution to change all the imported coal based power plants. I am telling BHEL to find a design to modify the imported coal based power plants that were set up in the past," he said, noting that there was perpetual shortage of coal in the past. "The country and the Planning Commission, instead of finding a solution to the shortage and increase the domestic coal production, did design plants based on imported coal.The country gave business to foreign countries to sell coal to India," he said at the sidelines of the 115 th annual general meeting of MCC Chamber of Commerce. He also said that the Narendra Modi government has been trying to increase domestic coal production and to replace the imported coal by domestic coal. ref : http://www.dailypioneer.com/business-and-finance/bhel-asked-to-modify-power-plants-running-on-imported-coal.html