BHEL to set up 300MW Indian thermal plant

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited set up a 300MW thermal power plant in Visakhapatnam, India for $124.5 million.

The contract was awarded by Abhijeet Projects, an . 

The scope of work includes design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of boilers, steam turbines and turbo-generators and other associated auxiliaries.

BHEL is currently executing a seperate contract for Abhijeet Projects, for its proposed coal-based Matrishri Usha Jayaswal Mega Power Plant located at Latehar district of Jharkhand.

The company will supply and install the main plant package for Phase-I, 2x270 MW; and Phase-II, 2x270 MW, of the plant.

BHEL, an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer, has received 71% of its power plant equipment orders from IPPs.

The company received total orders of 31,560MW for power plant equipment during 2009-2011, out of which orders from IPPs stood at 22,369 MW.