BHEL to set up 5 MW solar power plant

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchi, is setting up a grid connected 5 MW solar power plant on its campus and hopes to achieve considerable savings on its power bill. S.Gopinath, Executive Director, BHEL, Tiruchi, inaugurated the construction activities after a bhoomi pooja was performed at a function held at the site near the High Pressure Boiler Plant (Unit II). The solar panels will be spread over an area of 25 acres. The Rs. 30.76 crore project is to be completed within six months and is expected to save BHEL about Rs 5.15 crores every year in energy bills by generating approximately 7.5 million units of electricity per annum, a BHEL press release said. While BHEL’s Electronic Division at Bengaluru will manufacture, supply, erect and commission the 20,016 solar photo voltaic panels and allied electrical equipment for the plant, the associated civil works will be done by BHEL, Tiruchi. A similar plant has been commissioned at BHEL’s Boiler Auxilliaries Plant at Ranipet. BHEL, Tiruchi, has erected roof top mounted solar power plants totalling 120 KW capacity in its premises, provided solar street lights in the factory and township areas and also provided four 30 KW grid connected solar power plants in its campus schools. ref: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/bhel-to-set-up-5-mw-solar-power-plant/article7959821.ece

BHEL is hiring! Apply by December 14

The Bharat Electronics Limited (BHEL), Bangalore has invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up vacancies at several posts. The interested candidates can apply on or before December 14. Vacancy details: Total posts: 50 Name of the posts: Graduate Apprentices (Engineering) Electronics: 20 Electrical: 10 Mechanical: 10 IT (CSE/ ISE): 10 Eligibility criteria: Educational qualification: The candidates should possess a Bachelor's of Engineering (B.E) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree from a recognised university or institute. Age limit: The candidates' age should not be more than 27 years as on November 1, 2015. Selection procedure: The candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in the interview. Pay scale: The selected candidates shall be paid a stipend of Rs 6,000 per month. ref: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/bhel-jobs/1/535645.html

BHEL completes prestigious order of NPCIL

BHEL Transformer Division has recently successfully designed, manufactured, type tested and supplied 6 nos 285 MVA, 400 kV, 1- Phase Generator Transformer highest rating 2×700 MW Kakrapara Atomic Power Plant of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) meeting stringent Technical specification and Quality inspection norms of NPCIL. BHEL is supplying such 14 Nos. of above rating Generator Transformers for 2×700 MW Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) and 2×700 MW Rawatbhata Atomic Power Plant (RAPP). BHEL informed that this order was secured by them against stiff International Competitive bidding. ref: http://www.centralchronicle.com/bhel-completes-prestigious-order-of-npcil.html

BHEL bags two thermal power projects worth Rs 4,600 crore

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited ( BHELBSE -1.24 %) today said it has bagged orders worth Rs 4,614 crore for setting up two supercritical thermal power projects. "BHEL has secured prestigious orders, cumulatively valued at at Rs 4,614 crore, for setting up two supercritical thermal power projects involving one unit each of the country's highest rating 800 MW sets in Andhra Pradesh," it said in a statement. Both the projects are valued Rs 2,307 crore each. "The projects are 1x800 mw Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Dr NTTPS) stage-V of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGENCO) and 1x800 MW Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station ( SDSTPS) Stage-II, popularly known as Krishnapatnam Supercritical Thermal Power Project, of Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Ltd ( APPDCL)," it added. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/bhel-bags-two-thermal-power-projects-worth-rs-4600-crore/articleshow/49691288.cms

BHEL Q2 net seen up 22%, weaker execution may drag revenue

Bharat Heavy Electricals ' (BHEL) reported performance is likely to remain constrained, impacted by muted execution in July-September quarter. Profit is seen rising 22.2 percent year-on-year to Rs 152 crore on higher other income but revenue may fall 8 percent to Rs 5,650 crore during the quarter, according to analysts polled by CNBC-TV18. Earnings will be announced on November 6. Decline in revenue may be led by weaker execution due to lower offtake by state electricity boards (SEBs) and leveraged balance sheets of independent power producers (IPPs - 2/3rd of its order book comes from the power segment). ref: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/result-poll/bhel-q2-net-seen22-weaker-execution-may-drag-revenue_4001421.html

BHEL starts 2,730-mw power projects in first half of 2015-16

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) today said it has commissioned 2,730 mw of utility power projects in the first six months of 2015-16. "BHEL has once again demonstrated its project execution prowess with the commissioning of 2,730 mw of utility power projects in the first half of the current financial year (2015-16)... It is also more than double the power project commissioning achievement of 1,167 mw in the corresponding period of last year," the company said in a statement. The company further said power generation has also commenced from the BHEL-supplied 660-mw unit at Lalitpur thermal power station (TPS) in Uttar Pradesh. Significantly, the 11 utility sets commissioned by BHELBSE -0.77 % have been with projects across the country. Projects in the North include two units each of 200 mw at Koldam hydro electric project (HEP) in Himachal Pradesh and four units each of 82.5 mw at Shrinagar HEP in Uttarakhand, it said. Also, two thermal sets of 500 mw each -- one at Anpara in Uttar Pradesh and another at Vindhyachal in Madhya Pradesh -- have been commissioned during the year. The 660-mw Lalitpur unit was synchronised 3 months ahead of schedule. Notably, this is the first supercritical set to be commissioned in Uttar Pradesh. BHEL has started the 250-mw Bongaigaon Unit-1 in Assam. It also commissioned the 500-mw Tuticorin-2 in Tamil Nadu and the 250 mw Unit-4 at Sikka TPS in Gujarat. ref: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/bhel-starts-2730-mw-power-projects-in-first-half-of-2015-16/articleshow/49321089.cms

12 BHEL employees win Vishwakarma awards

Twelve employees of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchi, have won three Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) awards for 2013. The Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar awards were instituted in 1965 by the Centre for rewarding and recognising the suggestions leading to outstanding achievement or good performance on the part of workers in increasing productivity, quality, safety, working condition, and import substitution at industrial undertakings. J.Veeramani, artisan, R.Shanmuga Velusamy, Deputy Engineer, S. Loganathan, artisan, N. Senthil Kumar, artisan, and R. Rathinam, artisan from Boiler Production of BHEL, Tiruchi, have jointly won a VRP Class B award for developing a fixture to counter balance multi axis jobs during auto welding. Class B awards consists of a cash award of Rs. 50,000 and a certificate. M. Padmanaban, artisan, M. Ganesan, artisan, and P. Tamilselvan, assistant engineer, from Boiler Production have jointly won a VRP Class C award for effecting cycle time reduction in elbow manufacturing process. S. Arockiasamy, auxiliary worker; A. Senthilkumar, semi skilled worker; S. Sathish Kumar, artisan; and M. Vijayakumar, artisan from Boiler Production, have jointly won a VRP Class C award for developing hydraulic lifting machine for dish end cover joint fit-up in headers. Class C awards consist of a cash award of Rs. 25,000 and a certificate. The employees received the awards from Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), at a function held in New Delhi recently. This is the fifth consecutive year that BHEL employees have won it. ref: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/12-bhel-employees-win-vishwakarma-awards/article7721873.ece