BGR Energy gets Rs 2,600-crore project for 800 Mw pant in TN

BGR Energy Systems Ltd, an engineering and contracting company for power projects in the country, said that it has received a Rs 2,600 crore worth balance of plant (BoP) contract by the state-run Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) for the 800 Mw North Chennai Thermal Power Project. The contract completion period is 36 months from the date of award.

TANGEDCO's order for the BoP, which is the associated civil works for setting up a coal-based manufacturing plant, is for the 1x800 Mw North Chennai Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-III in the premises of existing facility at Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

The contract is for design, engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, inspection, testing, transportation, erection, testing and commissioning of the BoP mechanical, electrical and control & instrumentation works, including associated civil works for establishment of the plant, said the company. The expansion project includes setting up a large coal handling system with facilities to unload coal from the ships and a 765 kv gas insulated switchgear-based substation, it added.

With this order, the company's order book at present stands at around Rs 7,429 crore.