The unit is located at Bokaro Thermal Power-a Station of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) in Jharkhand.
The company has provided engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services for the coal-based power generation project.
BHEL has executed the contract of setting up the 500 MW coal-based unit on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) basis. With this, BHEL has supplied 84% of the total coal-based power generating capacity installed by DVC.
The company-make sets of 500/520 MW rating class for the Indian power sector. It said that the sets have been performing much above the national average as well as international benchmarks.
It has also delivered delivering higher rated units such as 600 MW, 660 MW, 700 MW and 800 MW thermal sets having a high degree of indigenization.
BHEL sets account for 87% to the total installed power generating capacity of Jharkhand. Besides, it is currently executing a supercritical project of 3×660 MW rating at North Karanpura for National Therman Power Corporation (NTPC) in Jharkhand.
Last week, the state-owned utility had commissioned a 600MW unit at the Jhabua thermal power project located in Seoni district in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
The project was developed for Jhabua Power (JPL), a subsidiary of Avantha Power & Infrastructure (APIL).
Under the contract signed earlier, Bhel was responsible for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of steam turbine, generator and boiler, and associated auxiliaries and electricals.
Bhel is engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products and services for sectors of the economy including power, transmission, industry, transportation (Railway), renewable energy, oil & gas and defense.
