BHEL beats L&T to bag Rs. 3,700 Crore contract for 700 MW Super Critical Thermal Unit
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, October 07, 2010
BHEL beat L&T to win KPCL order: BP Rao
Public Sector Electrical Engineering giant BHEL has outbid L&T under stiff international competitive bidding (ICB) to bag the order for the first 700 MW coal-fired thermal unit with supercritical parameters.
Valued at Rs.3,700 Crore, the order has been placed on BHEL by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) for setting up the 700 MW Supercritical Unit-3 at Bellary Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Karnataka, on turnkey basis.
BHEL said in a statement, "This contract highlights the confidence that KPCL has reposed in the technological excellence of the company as also in its capability in executing power projects of this magnitude."
Bellary TPS is already equipped with a BHEL-built 500 MW thermal set (Unit-1) while Unit-2 also of 500 MW rating, is presently under execution by BHEL.
The company said in the statement, "With the present order, BHEL has maintained its track record of bagging most of the orders for power generating equipment in Karnataka. The company has commissioned about 5,000 MW of power generating sets in the state, which include thermal as well as hydro units of various ratings."
