Thermax bags Rs 503 crore EPC order for a captive power plant

Company will design, engineer, construct and commission the project on a turnkey basis

Energy and environment management firm Thermax today said it has bagged a Rs 503 crore order from a leading public sector firm for setting up a captive power plant for its new 3 million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant in Central India.

"Thermax will design, engineer, construct and commission the project on a turnkey basis. The supply of equipment includes three 160 tonnes per hour capacity (3x160 TPH) boilers that use multiple fuels – blast furnace and coke oven gas from the steel process and light diesel oil – and two 40 MW each steam turbines," it said in a statement.

The order also includes water demineraliser plant, cooling water system, air conditioning and ventilation system, it added.

Company's Managing Director and CEO M S Unnikrishnan said, "Award of this contract is another testimony to Thermax’s ability to configure a complex energy solution at an economical cost. We won it against competition from both domestic and international players."

Till date, Thermax has contracted over 75 power projects on turnkey basis till date. The projects were based on various fuels including domestic and imported coal, washery rejects, petcoke, waste heat from various processes and renewable energy including biomass and solar, the statement further said.

The Pune-based company is leading energy and environment solutions provider and offers integrated, innovative solutions in the areas of heating, cooling, power, water and waste management, air pollution control and chemicals.