BHEL secures Second Contract for New Rating 600 MW Thermal Set; TNEB reposes confidence; places Repeat Order for Unit to be set up on EPC basis at North Chennai Thermal Power Station

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited BHEL has secured a repeat contract for setting up a 600 MW thermal power generating unit in Tamil Nadu, on EPC basis.

Valued at Rs.21,750 Million, the EPC contract has been placed on BHEL by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board TNEB for setting up a 1x600 MW thermal power generating unit at North Chennai Thermal Power Station in Tamil Nadu.

Significantly, this is the second order secured by BHEL for the new rating unit of 600 MW designed to sub critical parameters and is a testimony to the customers confidence in the companys capabilities and proven technological excellence. TNEB has earlier placed a similar EPC contract on BHEL for setting up a 600 MW thermal power generating unit at the same power station.

For the contract, the Boiler and its auxiliaries will be manufactured by BHEL at its Tiruchirapalli and Ranipet works in Tamil Nadu, while the Steam Turbine and Generator will be manufactured at the companys Haridwar plant. The Pumps and Heat Exchangers will be manufactured at its Hyderabad plant and Electricals at the Bhopal plant, while the state of the art Controls and instrumentation system will be supplied by BHELs Electronics Division, Bangalore.

BHEL and TNEB have also recently signed a MoU for the formation of a Joint Venture Company for setting up a 2x800 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project Udangudi in Tiruchendur Taluk of Tuticorin District in Tamil Nadu, with principal equity stake from BHEL and TNEB.

The project, with a total capital outlay of around Rs.85,000 Million, will be the first supercritical power project in the state of Tamil Nadu and will strengthen the power availability in the state. These initiatives will give a tremendous boost to the developmental efforts of the Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

BHEL has fully established state of the art technology for manufacture of thermal sets up to 600 MW rating in the sub critical range and has the capability to manufacture sets up to 1,000 MW rating. So far, orders for 69 numbers of 500/600 MW rating sets have been won, of which 33 have been commissioned. Having demonstrated its track record in successfully establishing new technologies to serve the nations power sector, BHEL is now poised to introduce 800 MW thermal sets with supercritical parameters.

BHEL is building Capacity and Capability to contribute fully for meeting the power forecast for the 11th Plan and beyond. For this, the company has enhanced its manufacturing capacity to 10,000 MW per annum which is being further enhanced to 15,000 MW per annum in the next two years at a total investment of Rs.42,000 Million. Manpower is also being ramped up in a commensurate and timely manner. Besides, the company has taken broad steps like shift in operational focus from Product to Project and implementation of effective Project Management Systems.