BHEL to set up thermal power units in Karnataka

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 24th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Karnataka government late Friday urged the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to set up a 2,000 MW greenfield nuclear power plant in the state to meet its growing demand for energy. "I have told AEC chairman Anil Kakodakar to direct the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCL) to set up the greenfield atomic power station in Bijapur district in north Karnataka where land and other infrastructure facilities will be made available," state Chief Minister B.S.

July 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - Power plant equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Saturday dispatched super-critical boiler columns, weighing a total of 100 tonnes, from its boiler plant in Tiruchirappalli to the NTPC-promoted Barh Thermal Project in Bihar. K. Ravikumar and R.S.Sharma, the CMDs of BHEL and NTPC respectively, flagged off the consignment at Tiruchirappalli, 300 km from here.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will invest Rs.5,803 crore to double its power plant equipment manufacturing capacity by the end of 2011, the government said Thursday. "BHEL had augmented its manufacturing capacity for power plant equipment from 6,000 MW to 10,000 MW annually by December 2007," said Arun Yadav, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, in the Lok Sabha.

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 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Orissa Sunday began reducing power supply to industrial units by up to 50 percent to help it overcome shortage, Energy Minister Atanu Sabyasachi said here. The state, which needs between 2,900 to 3,000 MW daily during peak hours and 2,400 to 2,500 MW during non-peak hours, is facing acute power shortage due to outage at a few thermal plants.

June 18th, 2009 FARMINGDALE - Ducon Technologies Inc. - Ducon announced that it has secured a prestigious contract from Indian Government owned giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) for a limestone based Flue gas Desulfurization (FGD) system for 3 x 250 MW thermal power plant being set up by Indian power company, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.(NTPC) at Bongaigaon in, north east India.

May 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - A majority of over 500 steel fabrication units in Tiruchirapalli, one of the major engineering hubs in the country, are facing a new challenge as Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), their main buyer, is shifting focus to bigger companies outside Tamil Nadu for fabrication works. The Rs.27,500-crore BHEL, which plans to double its Tiruchirapalli-based boiler division's capacity to 20,000 MW by 2012, is now depending on big vendors under its away-centre fabrication (ACF) policy to 'execute projects faster'.

March 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Tata Power has commenced commercial operations of a 250 MW coal-based thermal unit at the Trombay Thermal Power Station, it said here Monday. With this, the Trombay plant's generation capacity will be increased to 1,600 MW from 1,350 MW, the company said in a regulatory statement.

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.

January 17th, 2009 RAIPUR - In an attempt to end the power crisis in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh will supply about 300 MW electricity to the southern state, an official said Sunday. 'We have formally approved the Karnataka government's request.

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.