BHEL's solar photovoltaic portfolio touches 370 MW mark in 2016-17

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has ended the year 2016-17 with a significant solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio of 370 MW, comprising 360 MW ground-mounted power plants and 10 MW rooftop power plants.

Of this, 170 MW of BHEL-supplied ground-mounted and 2290 KW of rooftop power plants are already under operation in various locations in the country. During the year, BHEL secured orders for 131 MW of ground-mounted and about 8 MW of rooftop solar PV plants. In addition, BHEL secured its first order for 240 solar PV based pumping stations.

Leveraging its technical capability to offer new solutions for enhancement of energy