BHEL to set up 800-Mw thermal plant in Telangana

State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a Rs 3,810-crore contract from Telangana for setting up a super-critical thermal power plant.

The order for setting up the 800-Mw plant, to be executed on an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) basis at Kothagudem in Khammam district, has been awarded by the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGenco). The project is targeted to be commissioned in 36 months.

An advance cheque of Rs 350 crore was handed over by  chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

BHEL has been a long standing partner in the development of undivided Andhra Pradesh with 84 per cent of the coal-based power stations having been commissioned by it, the  company stated in a release.

"The order reinforces BHEL's leadership status in the execution of super critical thermal power projects involving supply of state-of-the-art equipment, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions," the company said in a statement.

BHEL's scope of work in the project includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing and commissioning of the 800 Mw supercritical set on EPC basis. The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at Bhel's Trichy, Hyderabad, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Bengaluru and Jhansi plants.

The company's power sector western region is responsible for civil works and erection, commissioning of the equipment. The BHEL stock was trading at Rs 276.40, up 3.02 per cent on the BSE.