BHEL bags Rs 2,759 cr order in Tamil Nadu

Significantly, this will be the first ever 800 MW supercritical set based power plant in the state, said the company.

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, handed over the Letter of Award (LOA) to Atul Sobti, CMD, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), in Chennai, followed by laying of the foundation stone for the project, said BHEL in a statement.

The project shall be commissioned by August, 2019. The main plant package contract for the 1x800 MW North Chennai Supercritical TPS stage III, has been placed on BHEL by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO). 

North Chennai Supercritical TPS Stage III is located in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu and power generated from this plant will help in fostering growth of the state and provide easy access to electricity to the people of Tamil Nadu,it added.

Today BHEL has a significant share of 83 per cent in TANGEDCO’s cumulative coal-based generating capacity which includes two 600 MW sets commissioned in 2013 at North Chennai TPS, comprising in-house designed steam turbines, the first of their kind for both BHEL and the state of Tamil Nadu.

BHEL's scope of work in the current contract involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning and civil works for the main plant package. 

The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi and Bangalore plants with the company's Power Sector - Southern Region to be responsible for civil works and erection/commissioning of the equipment.