BHEL sets up transformer manufacturing unit at Bhopal

State-run Bharat Heavy Electrical (BHEL) today said it has set up a new transformer manufacturing facility at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

As it plans to expand its manufacturing capacity to 15,000 MW per annum, BHEL has set up a new transformer manufacturing facility at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh," a company statement said.

This new facility would enable BHEL to produce an additional 12,000 MVA (mega volt ampere) of transformers per annum.

With this, the total installed transformer manufacturing capacity at the company's Bhopal unit will go up to 30,000 MVA per annum, while the total capacity of BHEL, including its Jhansi plant, will go up to 45,000 MVA, it said.

The new facility was inaugurated by Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present on the occasion.

BHEL currently manufactures equipment that can generate 10,000 Mw of power and the company plans to raise this capacity to 15,000 Mw by the end of next month.