BHEL bags Rs 430 crore modernisation contracts for hydroelectric plants

BHEL’s scope of work in the orders envisages design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, dismantling, erection, testing and commissioning of critical parts of turbines, generators, governors, controls & instrumentation, protection and balance of plant (BoP). Major equipment for these contracts will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL’s plants at Bhopal, Jhansi and Bengaluru. 

The normal life expectancy of a hydroelectric plant is considered to be 30-35 years. In the present scenario of the resource constraint in the country, renovation & modernisation and uprating of existing hydroelectric projects is considered to be the best option, as this is cost effective and requires much lesser time than setting up of greenfield hydro power projects. 

BHEL’s footprint in hydropower account for 23 GW of hydro sets commissioned, and 6 GW of hydro sets under execution in India and abroad. These sets, aggregating to more than 500 in number at 200 different power stations in India and abroad, are delivering customised solutions in the most challenging of terrains - from the Himalayas in India and Bhutan to faraway lands of New Zealand, Southeast Asian countries & Africa.