BHEL receives Euro 16.96 mn order from Turkey

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has made its maiden entry in the Turkish power market by winning a Euro 16.96 million contract in that country. The company has bagged a contract for rehabilitation of 3 units of Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) for the 430 MW Tuncbilek Thermal Power Project in Turkey on EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) basis.
 
The contract envisages dismantling, supply, civil works and erection & commissioning of the Electrostatic Precipitators. The order has been placed on BHEL by Electricity Generation Company, which is the largest electric power company in Turkey. Electricity Generation Company is owned by the Turkish government and it generates and supplies electricity throughout the country.
 
Turkey has embarked on a renovation and modernisation (R&M) programme of its old thermal power projects and the present contract is aimed at reducing the emission levels drastically. For this prestigious contract, the electrostatic precipitators will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s Ranipet unit, motors and other auxiliaries by its Bhopal facility and controls by the company’s Bangalore unit.
 
BHEL’s globalisation strategies are yielding rich dividends and BHEL today has references in over seventy six countries in six continents. BHEL’s global reference include the entire gamut of BHEL’s products and systems such as power plants (thermal, gas and hydro), turbines, generators, sub-stations, transformers, motors, photo voltaic modules, oil field equipment and transportation equipment, etc.