J&K HEP commissioned

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a major order for setting up a 1×660 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh.

Valued at approximately Rs.4,400 crore, the order is from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL).

Located at Panki in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the project will be executed by BHEL on Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) basis.

The key equipment for the project will be manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Ranipet, Bhopal, Bengaluru and Jhansi plants, while the company’s Power Sector – Northern Region division will be responsible for construction and installation activities at the site.

The plant shall be equipped with emission control equipment to meet the revised emission norms, notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

BHEL has commissioned the prestigious 330 MW Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project (HEP) in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). It commissioned the third 110 MW hydro generating unit earlier this month.

The first and second units of the project were also recently commissioned in the month of March, 2018.

Being developed by NHPC Ltd., the project is located on the river Kishanganga, a tributary of the river Jhelum, in Bandipora district of J&K.

The 3×110 MW Kishanganga HEP will be able to generate 1,350 Million Units (MU) of clean electricity annually, facilitating reduction of greenhouse emissions.

BHEL was entrusted with execution of the Electro-Mechanical (E&M) package for the project comprising design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of Vertical Shaft Pelton Turbines and matching synchronous Generators, Controls &
Monitoring (SCADA) System along with electrical and mechanical auxiliaries.

The equipment was supplied from BHEL’s manufacturing units at Bhopal, Jhansi, Rudrapur and Bengaluru while the execution of works on site was carried out by the company’s Power Sector Northern Region division and Transmission Business Group.

BHEL has so far commissioned 33 Hydro sets with a cumulative capacity of 1,477 MW in J&K.

BHEL is presently executing hydroelectric projects of more than 2,700 MW in the country and 2,940 MW in Bhutan which are under various stages of implementation. fii-news.com