NPCIL orders BHEL equipment for local-tech nuclear plants

As part of a plan to double India’s nuclear power capacity by setting up 10 nuclear plants using indigenous technology, a government agency has put in purchase orders for more ‘reactor header assemblies’. The order for the ten reactor header assemblies has been won by public sector unit Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Reactor header assembly […]

BHEL to supply electric buses for Gorakhpur airport

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, India’s largest electrical equipment maker, said it has won a contract to supply electric buses for the Gorakhpur airport. A new airport for the Uttar Pradesh city, spread over 300 acres, will be set up on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi highway. At present, there is a small airport at Gorakhpur which is serviced […]

No proposal to privatize BHEL – Govt

Government of India today said that its list of public sector companies scheduled to be sold to private entities did not include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. The company, abbreviated BHEL, has with operations in multiple locations such as Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Trichy in Tamil Nadu and is India’s largest suppliers of heavy electrical […]

L&T Mitsubishi wins large order for Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant

Larsen & Toubro said L&T-MHPS Boilers Private Ltd (LMB), one of the company’s joint ventures with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, won a thermal power project order worth Rs 2,500-5,000 cr from the UP government. The order, from THDC India Limited – a joint venture of Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh – is […]

BHEL wins second big order from Koodankulam Ph II project

Close on the order for erection of turbine generator for the new units of Koodankulam Power Project, state-owned capital goods giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said it has also won the order for erecting reactor side equipment for the same. Against a value of Rs 440 cr for the June order, this one is […]

BHEL wins order worth Rs 440 crore for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

Government of India owned construction and manufacturing firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said it received an order worth Rs 440 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the erection work of the upcoming 2×1000 Megawatt  Turbine Generator (TG) island units at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. BHEL also emerged […]

BHEL starts rolling out solar EV chargers along Delhi-Chandigarh highway

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, which makes heavy electrical equipment, said has started rolling out a network of electric vehicle charges on the Delhi-Chandigarh Highway. The first such charger was inaugurated today at Ethnic India Resort in Rai in Sonepat district of Haryana. The chargers will be powered entirely by solar technology and will cover entire […]

BHEL gets Rs 137 cr order from NTPC for pollution retrofit

Government-controlled infrastructure equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said it has been awarded a Rs 137 cr renovation and modernisation order for a pollution control system at NTPC Ltd’s Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Station. The order is for the modernization of the plant’s electrostatic precipitator (ESP), a device that removes suspended dust particles from a […]

BHEL completes 54 MW captive project in Indonesia

Bharat Heavy Electricals said it has commissioned a 54 MW coal-fired captive power project in Indonesia, calling it “yet another milestone in the South East Asian region.” BHEL has executed several projects in the region including projects in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In Indonesia, the company has earlier successfully executed a 2×30 MW boiler […]

BHEL wins 15 MW solar project, total reaches 180 MW

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited said it got an order from Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Limited for setting up a 15 MW Solar Photovoltaic power plant in Gujarat on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. This takes the total solar power generation capacity being constructed by the company to 180 MW, including ground-based and rooftop-based. The […]

BHEL commissions 800 MW supercritical coal unit in Karnataka

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned an 800 MW coal-based supercritical thermal unit at the  Yeramarus Thermal Power Station located in Raichur district of Karnataka, the heavy equipment maker said. The plant is a joint venture between BHEL and Karnataka Power Corporation Limited and now has a capacity of 1600 MW. With this, BHEL has supplied […]

India adds 1,732 MW of hydro-power capacity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three hydro-electric projects in Himachal Pradesh, representing 1,732 MW of generating capacity, to the nation today. The biggest of the three is NTPC’s Koldam, which has four generating units of 200 MW each. The second biggest was Parbati Stage-III, which comprises 4 units of 130 MW each and is operated […]