BHEL bags Rs 2,665 cr coal-based power plant contract

State-run BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 2,665 crore contract for setting up a 1,200 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh.

"Valued at Rs 2,665 crore, the order has been placed on BHEL by Dainik Bhaskar Power Limited (DBPL) for supplying and installing boilers, turbines and generators for their upcoming thermal power project at Baradarha in Chhattisgarh," a company statement said.

BHEL's scope of work in the contract includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the equipment along with other associated auxiliaries.

Independent power producers (IPPs) accounted for nearly 90 per cent of the total orders received by BHEL in the last financial year (2009-10).
    
Of the total orders of 16,489 MW power plant equipment received by BHEL during the year, those from IPPs alone accounted for 14,689 MW, it said.
    
The company currently manufactures equipment that can generate 15,000 MW of electricity and its augmentation to 20,000 MW per annum is underway.