BHEL wins Rs. 6300 crore contract to set up a 1600 Megawatt Thermal Project in Karnataka
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, April 19, 2010
It's the single largest order for the company: BHEL
Public sector Company Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has won it's the single largest Rs. 63,000 Million mega contract for setting up a 1600 MW supercritical thermal power project in Karnataka
BHEL said in a statement, "Reposing confidence in the technological excellence of BHEL and also in its capability to execute mega power projects, Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL) has placed an order on the company for setting up a 1600 MW (2x800 MW) Supercritical Thermal Power Project in Karnataka."
The company said, the order is valued at Rs.63,000 Million and it envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two coal-fired thermal units of 800 MW each with supercritical parameters at Yeramarus in Raichur district of Karnataka.
RPCL is a Joint Venture Company of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and BHEL, which has been set up to build, wwn and operate thermal power plants with supercritical parameters in Karnataka. Significantly, this is the first order for a power project, bagged by BHEL through the JV route.
With this order BHEL has maintained its track record of bagging most of the orders for power generating equipment in Karnataka. BHEL has commissioned about 4,300MW of power generating sets in the state, which include thermal as well as hydro units of various ratings.
BHEL is already executing major contracts for supply of main plant equipment with supercritical parameters for the 2x660 MW Barh Thermal Power Project Stage-II of NTPC and the 3x660 MW Bara Thermal Power Project of Prayagraj Power Generation Company Limited, a part of the Jaypee Group.
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.
