BHEL bags Rs 5,450 cr order from Bajaj group company

State-owned BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 5,450 crore order from a Bajaj group company for supplying power equipment for setting up the 1,980 MW thermal power project at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh.

"The order has been placed on BHEL by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (LPGCL), a Bajaj group company, for setting up the 1,980 MW Lalitpur Supercritical Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Uttar Pradesh," BHEL said in a statement.

The company has bagged the main plant package contract for three coal-fired thermal units of 660 MW each with supercritical parameters, it said.

BHEL has commissioned about 9,900 MW of power generating sets of various ratings in the state so far.

BHEL is already executing five major contracts for supply of main plant equipment with supercritical parameters for various power projects in the country.

The projects are -- 2x660 MW Barh Thermal Power Project Stage-II of NTPC, 3x660 MW Bara Thermal Power Project of Jaypee Group company, 2x800 MW Yeramarus and 1x800 MW Edlapur Thermal Power Projects of Raichur Power Corporation Limited and the 1x700 MW Bellary Thermal Power Project (Unit 3) of Karnatak Power Company Ltd.

BHEL is also executing a contract for supply of supercritical Steam Generators to APGenco's 2x800 MW Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project, which is in an advanced stage of completion.

BHEL has established the capability to deliver 15,000 MW of power equipment per annum and further augmentation to 20,000 MW per annum is underway.