Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a major order for supply of two 800 MW steam generators with super-critical parameters, outbidding competitors in an open global tender.
Estimated at Rs. 3,500 Crore, the contract has been placed on BHEL by NTPC Limited, for setting up 2 x 800 MW Steam Generator island package at Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (TnSTPP), according to a BHEL release.
The project is located within NTPC’s existing Ramagundam Power Station in Karimnagar district of Telangana.
The key equipment for the contract would be manufactured at BHEL’s unit in Tiruchi, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, and Bengaluru and the company's Power Sector division would be responsible for civil works and erection and commissioning of the equipment.
Track record
BHEL has a long-standing partnership with NTPC and has supplied over 30,000 MW of the coal-based power plants of NTPC and its joint ventures that account for around 80 per cent of NTPC’s coal-based installed capacity.
BHEL along with NTPC and IGCAR had formed a national consortium for indigenous development and commissioning of 800 MW Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) power plant under the National Mission on Clean Coal (Carbon) Technologies, the release added.
TRUSTED PARTNERS
BHEL’s Tiruchi unit will be one of the places to make equipment
NPTC has a long-standing business record with BHEL
