BHEL secures big turnkey contracts for Grid-Connected Solar Power Plants
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, December 23 2010
Big turnkey contract secured: Rao
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won major contracts for setting up three eco-friendly Grid-Connected Solar Power Plants with a cumulative capacity of 6 MW on turnkey basis as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) of the country.
Valued at over Rs.78 Crore, the orders for setting up the three Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Power Plants of 2 MW capacity each, has been placed on the company by Indiabulls.
The orders come close on the heels of another major turnkey order for setting up Grid-Interactive Solar Power Plants of 1100 kW capacity in the Lakshadweep islands.
Indiabulls has selected Crystalline Photovoltaic (C-SI PV) technology for these solar power plants which is well proven and has the longest operational experience across the world.
The power plants will consist of arrays of thousands of photovoltaic panels made of crystalline silicon that will absorb sunlight and convert it into electricity that will be fed into the main grid. DC power generated by the solar panels will be converted into AC by inverters and fed into the grid through transformers.
BHEL's scope of work in the contract envisages design, manufacture, supply, installation and operation & maintenance of one solar power plant at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and two solar power plants near Nagpur in Maharashtra. The orders are slated for completion during the year 2011.
BHEL is presently executing another turnkey contract for setting up eco-friendly Grid-Interactive Solar Power Plants of 3 MW capacity in Raichur District of North Karnataka for Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL).
