BHEL's power generating sets achieve all-time generation; boost country's power supply in fiscal 2005-06.

Power generation in the country received a boost during fiscal 2005-06, as a result of excellent performance of BHEL-built power generating sets, which generated a record 402.6 Billion Units of power, nearly 5% more than the previous year.

Consistently registering a high Plant Load Factor (PLF) and Operating Availability (OA), BHEL-built thermal sets achieved a high PLF of 75% during the year – better than the national average by 1.5%, in addition to an impressive OA of 83.4%. Notably, 39 BHEL thermal sets achieved a PLF of over 90%.

In the same period, BHEL-make thermal sets of 200/210/250/500 MW capacity, which form the backbone of the country's thermal power generating capacity, operated at a PLF and OA of 79.7% and 87.4%, respectively.

During 2005-06, BHEL added 13 utility and 15 captive/industrial sets of 2365 MW in the country. With this, the installed capacity of BHEL-make utility sets went up to 76,741 MW and BHEL maintained its share of 65% in the country's total installed generating capacity of 1,18,561 MW.

A notable achievement during the year was the commissioning of the 120 MW (Unit 4) at Tata Jojobera TPS, 26 days ahead of schedule.

During the year, BHEL also reinforced its commitment to providing prompt & efficient customer service aimed at facilitating uninterrupted power supply & keeping power plants in good running condition, by overhauling 147 thermal and hydro sets.

BHEL has fully established state-of-the-art-technology for design, manufacture, erection and commissioning of thermal sets up to 500 MW ratings and has the capability to manufacture sets up to 1,000 MW ratings. The company is equipping itself to cater to the country’s ambitious power capacity addition programme including ultra-mega projects and has tied up technology for 800 MW thermal sets with super critical parameters, besides taking steps to enhance its annual manufacturing capacity from the present 6,000 MW to 10,000 MW per annum.