BHEL sends super-critical boiler columns for NTPC project

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run power utility NTPC may sign an agreement to buy natural gas from Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries (RIL) at the government-approved rate of $4.20 per unit for plants other than Kawas and Gandhar, Power Secretary H.S. Brahma said Thursday.

August 31st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Sep 6 lay the foundation stone for the Rs.60 billion (Rs.6,000 crore) mega project to manufacture power plant equipment in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district. NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Private Limited (NBPPL), a joint venture between National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), is setting up the project at Mannavarm village near the temple town of Srikalahasti.

August 15th, 2009 TIRUCHIRAPALLI - Power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will invest Rs.485 crore ($100 million) to expand its boiler division, a senior official said here Saturday. "The expansion will be completed by 2011 and the division's capacity will go up to 15,000 MW per annum," BHEL executive director A.V.

August 15th, 2009 TIRUCHIRAPALLI - Power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will invest Rs.485 crore ($100 million) to expand its boiler division that makes thermal and nuclear plant boilers, a senior official said here Saturday. "The expansion will be completed by 2011 and the division's capacity will go up to 15,000 MW per annum," BHEL executive director A.V.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) will supply and erect boiler and steam turbines for a 1,320-MW thermal power project that Jaiprakash Power is setting up in Madhya Pradesh. The two companies Wednesday signed an agreement in this regard.

July 23rd, 2009 RAIPUR - Power utility NTPC Ltd has agreed to provide 35 percent of the electricity produced at its upcoming 500 MW stage-III Korba project to Chhattisgarh, a government statement said Thursday. "NTPC (formerly National Thermal Power Corp) has agreed to provide 175 MW power to Chhattisgarh from its 500 MW stage-III Korba project that will begin generation by February 2010," the statement said.

July 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - In order to become a full-fledged power plant equipment manufacturer, engineering and infrastructure firm BGR Energy Systems has approached a Japanese steam turbine manufacturer for a tie-up. Confirming the development, an official told IANS on the condition of anonymity: "Discussions are on and we may have to visit Japan and the Japanese may visit India before final contours of the deal is arrived at.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged an order worth Rs.170 crore from Chennai Petroleum Corp (CPC) to set up a gas turbine at its Manali refinery. BHEL will develop 20 MW co-generation power plant at CPC's Manali refinery.

June 11th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh cabinet Thursday approved setting up of a power plant equipment unit in Chittoor district and allotted 750 acres of land for the same. NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Private Limited (NBPPL), a joint venture between the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), will establish the unit at Mannavaram village near the temple town of Srikalahasti with an investment of Rs.60 billion (Rs.6,000 crore).

June 3rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to inaugurate a new boiler plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) at Tiruchirapalli this month, said a top company official here Wednesday. "We are waiting for confirmation from the Prime Minister's Office," BHEL executive director V.

April 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - Five persons were killed and two others injured when a boiler meant for melting scraps exploded in an industrial estate here on Thursday. According to officials, the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) had installed a 50-feet high boiler to melt iron scrap.

February 28th, 2009 CHENNAI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will Saturday lay the foundation stone for Neyveli Lignite Corp's (NLC) 1,000-MW thermal power plant in Tuticorin. 'The Rs.59-billion (Rs.5,900 crore) project has a couple of special features like the reverse osmosis desalination plant, gas insulation switchyard and pile foundation apart from NLC's first venture into power generation with coal,' NLC chairman and managing director A.R.

February 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - State-run engineering and manufacturing major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has won four contracts worth Rs.70 billion (Rs.7,000 crore) for the supply and installation of electrical equipment for thermal power projects, the company announced Monday. The projects with a total capacity of 3,250 MW are located in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

February 8th, 2009 AIZAWL - A 460 MW hydroelectric project will be set up by state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Mizoram, officials said here Monday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NTPC and the Mizoram government to commission the Rs.30 billion power project in Sahia and Lawngtlai districts of southern Mizoram.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged two orders worth Rs.21 billion (Rs.2,100 crore) from National Thermal power Corp (NTPC), the company announced Wednesday. BHEL would supply and install the main plant equipment for NTPC's Mauda Super Thermal Power Project in Nagpur, Maharashtra, the company said in a statement.