Bhel wins contract for power project in Chattisgarh

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) has won a contract for Jindal Power Ltd's 1,000 Mw thermal power project in Chhattisgarh. This is its first major contract from an independent power producer (IPP).

The contract for the plant with four 250 Mw units has been valued at Rs 1,774 crore. The project is being implemented in two phases consisting of two units of 250 Mw each. The Centre has accorded the mega power project status to the project.

Bhel's scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection testing and commissioning of steam turbines, generators and boilers along with associated auxiliaries including state-of-the-art controls, instrumentation, electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), etc. The first two units are targeted for commissioning in 32 and 35 months, respectively.

The turbine generators and boilers will be manufactured at the company's Haridwar and Trichy plants, respectively, while the C&I system will be supplied by Bhel's electronics division in Bangalore. Bhel's Ranipet plant will manufacture and supply the electrostatic precipitators.

Bhel has fully established state-of-the-art technology for the manufacture of thermal sets of up to 500 Mw and has the capability to manufacture sets up to 1000 Mw. Till date, all the ten 250 Mw thermal units operating in the country have been supplied and commissioned by Bhel.

Bhel has recently commissioned a unit of 250 Mw (Unit 7) at the Tau Devi Lal thermal Power Station, Panipat. Another 250 Mw unit (Unit 8) at the same power station is also in advanced stages of completion and is likely to be commissioned by Bhel on schedule.

Now, Bhel is executing orders for two units each of a 250 Mw capacity for Korba East thermal power station of the Chattisgarh State Electricity Board, Lehra Mohabbat station of the Punjab State Electricity Board, and Mejia and Chandrapura stations of the Damodar Valley Corporation, in addition to one unit each at Parli and Paras thermal power station of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, and the Santaldih thermal power station of the West Bengal Power Development Corporation, besides the Tau Devi Lal thermal power station.