Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged Rs 2,759-crore contract for setting up a supercritical thermal power project involving one unit of the country’s highest rating 800 MW sets, in Tamil Nadu. Significantly, this will be the first ever 800 MW supercritical set based power plant in the state.
BHEL's scope of work in the current contract involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning & civil works for the main plant package. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has placed the contract for the main plant package for the 1x800 MW North Chennai Supercritical TPS Stage III. The project shall be commissioned by August, 2019. North Chennai Supercritical TPS Stage III is located in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu and power generated from this plant will help in fostering growth of the state and provide easy access to electricity to the people of Tamil Nadu.
The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi and Bangalore plants with the company's power sector - Southern Region to be responsible for civil works and erection/ commissioning of the equipment.
