Under the contract, the company will supply and install the main plant package for the coal-based thermal power project.
BHEL’s scope of work envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of boilers, steam turbines and turbo-generators along with controls and instrumentation and other associated auxiliaries.
BHEL said it secured its highest ever orders from private power utilities in fiscal 2009-10, and out of the total orders of 16,489MW for power plant equipment during the year, the orders received from independent power producers accounted for 14,689MW.
VPL is an independent power producer and is a part of the Visa group, which has diversified interests in steel, power, mining, international trade, shipping and logistics.
