Valued at Rs 1,150 Crore, the order has been placed on the company by HMEL - a joint venture of HPCL and L.N. Mittal's, Mittal Energy. This is said to be the largest-value single order secured by BHEL for a captive power plant.
The 153 MW gas turbine-based combined cycle power plant will meet the power and process steam requirement of the upcoming refinery and is slated for commissioning in a tight schedule of 30 months.
BHEL's scope of work in the project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the captive power plant, in addition to complete civil works. The equipment for the project will be supplied by BHEL's plants at Hyderabad, Trichy, Ranipet, Bhopal, Jhansi and Electronics Division, Bangalore. Civil works and erection and commissioning of the captive power plant will be carried out by the company's Power Sector
