BHEL Gets Rs 1,143-cr Order From NTPC

India’s state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has received a contract, worth Rs 1,143 crore, from India's largest power generation utility National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for setting up a 500-Mw power generating unit at its Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh.

BHEL's scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of Steam Generator and Steam Turbine Generator along with associated Auxiliaries and Controls & Instrumentation.

The equipment for the project will be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy, Ranipet, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhopal Plants, while the company's Power Sector, Western Region, will be responsible for erection and commissioning of the equipment.

The company has established the capability to deliver power plant equipment of 20,000 Mw a year.