BHEL bags Rs.6,400 Million Repeat Contract for 270 MW Thermal Power Plant in Jharkhand

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a repeat order from Adhunik Power and Natural Resources Limited (APNRL) for the main plant package of the second new-rating unit of 270 MW at its upcoming Thermal Power Project (TPP) in Jharkhand.

Valued at nearly Rs.6,400 Million, the order for the greenfield power project, located in Jamshedpur district, reflects the customer’s confidence in the company’s technological excellence and project execution capabilities. The order for the first 270 MW unit of the same project has also earlier been placed on BHEL by APNRL.

Coming close on the heels of an order for a 2x600 MW thermal power plant of Jindal India Thermal Power Limited (JITPL), this order is testimony to the confidence reposed by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in BHEL’s capabilities. It also reinforces BHEL’s leadership status in the execution of thermal power projects involving supply of state-of-the-art equipment, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions.

BHEL’s scope of work in the present contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of Steam Turbine, Generator and Boiler, along with associated Auxiliaries and Electricals, besides state-of-the-art Controls & Instrumentation (C&I) and Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs).

The Turbine Generator and Boiler will be manufactured at the company’s Haridwar and Trichy plants respectively, and the C&I system will be supplied by BHEL’s Electronics Division, Bangalore. The company’s Hyderabad plant will manufacture the Coal Mills and Boiler Feed Pumps, while the Electricals will be supplied by BHEL's Bhopal and Jhansi plants. BHEL's Ranipet plant will manufacture and supply the ESPs.

BHEL has fully established state-of-the-art technology for the manufacture of thermal sets up to 1,000 MW rating. The company has also introduced new rating thermal sets of 270 MW, 525 MW and 600 MW, in addition to 660 MW and 800 MW thermal sets with supercritical parameters to meet customer demand.

BHEL has been committed to the nation’s power development programme and has reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian Power Sector by equipping itself for the future, by way of technology, facilities and trained manpower to meet the country’s power forecast for the 11th Plan and beyond. For this, it has already enhanced its manufacturing capacity to 10,000 MW per annum and is further augmenting it to 15,000 MW per annum which is proceeding apace & plans are afoot to hike it further to 20,000 MW by 2011-12.