Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL’s) Tiruchirappalli (Tiruchy) unit has bagged an order worth Rs 703 crore from Ideal Energy Projects Ltd (IEPL). The order is to supply a main plant package for the upcoming Bela Thermal Power Project (TPP) in Maharashtra being set up by IEPL.
The 270 mega watt (MW) greenfield power plant is coming at Bela in Nagpur district.
Major private sector customers have placed orders with BHEL. In fiscal 2008-09, orders worth over Rs 13,000 crore were placed on the company by Jindal Power, Jaiprakash Power Ventures, GVK Power, Hindalco, HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd., Adani Power, Tatas and ACC, among others.
BHEL’s scope of work in the present contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of Boiler, Steam Turbine and Turbo-Generator, along with associated Auxiliaries and state-of-the-art Controls & Instrumentation (C&I) including Generator and Unit Transformers. BHEL has fully established technology for the manufacture of thermal sets up to 1,000 MW rating.
The company has also introduced new rating thermal sets of 270 MW, 525 MW and 600 MW to meet customer demand.
