BHEL bags Rs. 5,450 cr Bajaj group order

March 30, 2011 07:04 pm | Updated March 31, 2011 12:38 am IST - NEW DELHI:

An inside view of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited's plant in Tiruchi. The company has bagged a Rs.5,450-crore order by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited, a Bajaj group company, for setting up the 1,980 MW Lalitpur super critical Thermal Power Station in U.P. File photo

An inside view of Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited's plant in Tiruchi. The company has bagged a Rs.5,450-crore order by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited, a Bajaj group company, for setting up the 1,980 MW Lalitpur super critical Thermal Power Station in U.P. File photo

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) on Wednesday said it had bagged a Rs.5,450-crore order from Bajaj group company to supply power equipment for setting up the 1,980 MW thermal power project at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh.

“The order has been placed on BHEL by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (LPGCL), a Bajaj group company, for setting up the 1,980 MW Lalitpur super critical Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Uttar Pradesh,'' an official statement issued here said.

The statement said the company has bagged the main plant package contract for three coal-fired thermal units of 660 MW each with supercritical parameters. BHEL has commissioned about 9,900 MW of power generating sets of various ratings in the state so far. BHEL is already executing five major contracts for supply of main plant equipment with supercritical parameters for various power projects in the country.

The projects are -- 2x660 MW Barh Thermal Power Project Stage-II of NTPC, 3x660 MW Bara Thermal Power Project of Jaypee group company, 2x800 MW Yeramarus and 1x800 MW Edlapur

Thermal Power Projects of Raichur Power Corporation Limited and the 1x700 MW Bellary Thermal Power Project (Unit 3) of Karnatak Power Company Ltd.

BHEL is also executing a contract for supply of supercritical Steam Generators to APGenco's 2x800 MW Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project, which is in an advanced stage of completion.

BHEL has established the capability to deliver 15,000 MW of power equipment per annum and further augmentation to 20,000 MW per annum is underway.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.