GE bags Rs 271 crore contract from BHEL

GE Power India Limited (formerly Alstom India Limited) has been awarded a contract worth $ 40 million (approximately Rs 271 crore) by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to supply components and services for the supercritical steam generator island packages for 2x800 MW coal-based Uppur Thermal Power Project (contract value approximately Rs 162.6 crore) and 1x800MW coal-based North Chennai Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage-III (contract value approximately Rs 108.5 crore). Both the thermal power projects are located in Tamil Nadu. This is in line with the government’s focus on upgrading the power infrastructure in the country. 
 

Currently, the installed power generation capacity of Tamil Nadu stands at ~13 GW. The addition of 2400 MW of cumulative power generated from both Uppur and North Chennai supercritical power projects will help in providing easy access to electricity to the people of Tamil Nadu while lighting up approximately 7 million homes in the state.