BHEL Wins Rs 7,300 Cr Order from TANGEDCO

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a Rs 7300 Cr order to set up a 1320-MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project (TPP) to be located at Udangudi in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. The project will be executed by BHEL on an Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) basis.

BHEL’s scope of work in the current contract involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning and civil works for the entire plant including sea water intake & outfall systems.

The key equipment for the project will be manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Thirumayam and Bengaluru plants.

The company’s Power Sector — Southern Region shall be responsible for civil works, erection and commissioning of the equipment.
“The implementation of the new projects will help foster growth in Tamil Nadu and provide easy access to electricity to the people of the state.”
At present, BHEL has a significant share of 83 percent in the state’s coal-based generating capacity and has been a major partner in the power development program of Tamil Nadu.
BHEL is the leading power equipment manufacturer in the country with 50 sets of supercritical boilers and 43 sets of supercritical turbine generators ordered on it. The orders have been received from Central, State as well as Private sector utilities.