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BHEL commissions 500-MW thermal unit in MP

The company successfully commissioned the 500 MW Unit-13 of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (STPS) located at Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh

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BS B2B Bureau New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 10 2015 | 11:20 AM IST
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.

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First Published: Aug 08 2015 | 9:19 AM IST

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