BHEL bags Rupees 820 million orders for supply of Transformers.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) has yet again proved its international competitiveness by bagging major orders for the supply of transformers, in the face of stiff competition from several multinational companies. Cumulatively valued at around Rupees 820 million, the orders have been placed on BHEL by various companies of the Jindal group.

Jindal Stainless Limited, Gurgaon has placed an order for two 150 MVA, 220 kV Class Generator Transformers along with two numbers each of Station and Unit Auxiliary Transformers for their 2x125 MW power project at Duburi in Orissa. The order is to be completed within eight months.

Another order has been received from Jindal Power Limited, Delhi, for their upcoming 2x250 MW power project at Tamnar in Chhattisgarh. BHEL’s scope of work in the contract envisages manufacture and supply of five Generator Transformers each of 315 MVA, 400 kV Class rating, along with three numbers Station Transformers. The order has to be completed in a tight schedule by April 2007.

The third order has been placed on the company by Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Raigarh, and involves manufacture and supply of three Generator Transformers each of 120 MVA, 220 kV Class rating, by July 2006. The equipment for all the projects will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Bhopal and Jhansi plants.

In India, BHEL is the largest manufacturer of transformers, having supplied more than 4,000 transformers, aggregating to over 2,25,000 MVA in cumulative capacity for transmission and distribution networks, which are the mainstay of the Indian Grid. These have been supplied to all major utilities in the country including SEBs, NTPC, PowerGrid etc. On the export front, the company has supplied transformers to more than 20 countries around the world including Libya, Oman, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Zambia.