Against international competitive bidding (ICB), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged four major contracts for the supply and installation of main plant equipment for thermal power projects from NTPC Ltd., NLC Tamil Nadu Power Limited (NTPL) and Mahagenco.
The projects, with a cumulative capacity of 3,250 MW, are located in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, are valued at around Rs 7,000 crore, an official release from Bhel, Tiruchirapalli said.
??All the orders were won by BHEL under ICB, as its offers were found techno-economically the best. The company has earlier supplied equipment to all the three utilities and with these orders, the customers have once again reposed confidence in BHEL?s proven technological excellence and capability in executing projects of this magnitude,?? the release added.
NTPC has placed two contracts for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection and commissioning ofsteam generator and electrostatic precipitator (ESP) packages for the 2×500 mw Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) Stage-IV in Madhya Pradesh and the 2×500 mw Rihand STPP Stage-III in Uttar Pradesh.
NTPL has placed a contract for the setting up of 2×500 mw Tuticorin Thermal Power Project (TPP) in Tamil Nadu. These units will add 24 million units every day to the grid on commissioning.
The order from Mahagenco is for the setting up of the Parli TPP Stage-III (1×250 mw) in Maharashtra. BHEL?s scope of work involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the main plant package.
The key equipment for these contracts will be manufactured at BHEL?s Tiruchirappalli, Ranipet, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Bhopal and Jhansi Plants.
The company?s Power Sector Regions will undertake erection and commissioning of the equipment. BHEL has fully established state-of-the-art technology for the manufacture of thermal sets up to 1,000 mw rating suited to Indian conditions using Indian as well as imported coal.
BHEL is building capacity and capability to contribute fully for meeting the power forecast for the 11th Plan and beyond. For this, the company has enhanced its manufacturing capacity to 10,000 mw per annum which is being further enhanced to 15,000 mw per annum by December 2009 and to 20,000 mw by December 2011, the release said.