Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has added one more coal-based power plant to the grid by successfully commissioning the 500 MW Unit-13 of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (STPS) located at Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.
Significantly, BHEL has earlier commissioned 6 units of 500 MW rating each at Vindhyachal power station. With the commissioning of this unit, BHEL has now commissioned 7 sets of 500 MW aggregating to 3,500 MW, the highest by BHEL in a power project. BHEL’s scope of work in the contract envisaged design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of steam generator and steam turbine generator along with associated auxiliaries and state-of-the-art controls & instrumentation.
The equipment for the project was manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Ranipet, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhopal Plants, while the company’s Power Sector - Western Region undertook erection and commissioning of the equipment. BHEL-make sets of 500 MW rating class today form the backbone of the Indian power sector with 76 sets having already been commissioned by BHEL in the country.
Significantly, BHEL has earlier commissioned 6 units of 500 MW rating each at Vindhyachal power station. With the commissioning of this unit, BHEL has now commissioned 7 sets of 500 MW aggregating to 3,500 MW, the highest by BHEL in a power project. BHEL’s scope of work in the contract envisaged design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of steam generator and steam turbine generator along with associated auxiliaries and state-of-the-art controls & instrumentation.
The equipment for the project was manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Ranipet, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhopal Plants, while the company’s Power Sector - Western Region undertook erection and commissioning of the equipment. BHEL-make sets of 500 MW rating class today form the backbone of the Indian power sector with 76 sets having already been commissioned by BHEL in the country.