By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal : Under International Competitive Bidding (ICB), India’s giant Public Sector Undertaking Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, (BHEL), has won orders for the supply and installation of the Main Plant Package at the upcoming Jhajjar Super Thermal Power Project in Haryana, involving three units of 500 MW each.
Valued at over Rs. 29,000 million, the orders have been placed on BHEL by Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL), a joint venture company of NTPC, IPGPL and HPGCL, an official Press release said.
Significantly, this is the highest value Boiler and Turbine Generator, (BTG), package contract for a single project ever received by BHEL and is a testimony to the customer’s confidence in BHEL’s capabilities and proven technological excellence.
Slated for synchronization during the 11th Plan, these units will add 36 million units every day to the grid on commissioning, which will be shared by the power deficit states of Delhi and Haryana. Notably, power from the first unit will also be used for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in 2010, the release said.
BHEL has fully established state-of-the-art technology for manufacture of thermal sets up to 500 MW rating and has the capability to manufacture sets up to 1,000 MW rating. So far, orders for 58 numbers of 500 MW rating sets have been won, of which 31 have been commissioned.
Having demonstrated its track record in successfully establishing new technologies to serve the nation’s power sector, BHEL is now poised to introduce 800 MW thermal sets with super-critical parameters. BHEL has equipped itself to produce thermal power equipment for 800 MW sets and above, suited to Indian conditions, using Indian as well as imported coal.
In addition, the company is shoring up its capability for higher rating Hydro sets and advanced class Gas Turbines to cater to upcoming market requirements.
Aimed at equipping itself to meet India’s power capacity addition targets in the 11th plan and beyond, BHEL is enhancing its manufacturing capacity in the next three years, from the current level of 6,000 MW to 15,000 MW per annum with a total investment of around Rs. 32,000 million, the release added. ([email protected])