BHEL to set up eco-friendly Co-generation power plant at Haldia

New Delhi, Dec 22 (UNI) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a major order from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for settng up an energy efficient and environment friendly co-generation power plant at its Haldia Refinery Complex.

Accordng to a BHEL release issued here today, the company has bagged this order against Internatonal Competitive Bidding (ICB).

This reposes IOC's confidence in BHEL's capabilities. The order is valued at over Rs 165 Crore, for a Frame-5 Gas Turbine-based Co-generation power plant, on Lumpsum Turnkey (LSTK) basis. The project is being set up to meet the requirement of uninterrupted power supply, in addition to the steam needs of the refinery and is scheduled for commissioning in 22 months.

BHEL's scope of work in the project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of a Frame-5 Gas Turbine Generator and a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) of 130 tonnes per hour capacity with associated auxiliaries and balance of plant, in addition to complete civil works and select spares.

While the Gas Turbine Generator will be manufactured at BHEL's Hyderabad plant, the HRSG and state-of-the-art control system will be manufactured at the company's Trichy plant and Electronics Division, Bangalore, respectively.

Earlier, BHEL has supplied and installed several co-generation power plants of various capacities on turnkey basis, at IOC's Gujarat, Panipat, Digboi, Barauni, Haldia and Mathura refineries.

The plants are under successful operation and are meeting the power as well as steam needs of the refineries.

BHEL has emerged as the market leader in co-generation and captive power plants, offering units from 10 MW onwards for both steam turbine based and gas-based combined cycle power projects for total power and process steam requirements of various industries.

So far, the company has supplied and commissioned more than 700 steam turbine and gas turbine-based plants for a host of industries like metal, paper, sugar and cement and process industries like refineries, petrochemicals and fertilizer, the release added.

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