The Boiler Auxiliaries Plant (BAP) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at Ranipet achieved a turnover of Rs.4,210 crore during 2011-12, according to T. N. Veeraraghavan, Executive Director, BHEL, Ranipet.
Addressing A press conference here on Thursday, Mr. Veeraraghavan said that the plant achieved a profit before tax of Rs.1,260 crore.
The Ranipet plant designed and erected, for the first time, the tallest 80-metre steel chimney at Indian Oil Corporation's refinery in Barauni. A salient feature of the BAP's performance last year was the in-house development of large-size air pre-heaters (APH) for 660 MW super critical thermal sets.
Eastern Region
Our Kolkata Correspondent writes:
Emboldened by a 24 per cent jump in the last fiscal, Power Sector-Eastern Region, regional arm of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL-PS-ER) is targeting to double its turnover to Rs.5,400 crore within five years. The 2011-12 turnover of Rs.2,700 crore was 8 per cent higher than the budgeted figure.
This was stated by M. Rajiv Kumar, Executive Director. He said during 2011-12, the profit before tax, too, was a record at Rs.157.90 crore, 29 per cent higher than the previous year.
Capacity addition
The capacity addition during the period under review, stood at 2,838 MW. Significant projects erected or commissioned during 2011-12 were: two units of Maithon (525 MW each) and Durgapur 2X500 MW units. The 2X 120 MW project in Bangladesh was also successfully completed and handed over.
