BHEL bags Rs 3,588 cr contract in Delhi

New Delhi, June 9 (UNI) Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has won a Rs 3,588 crore contract for setting up a gas turbine-based power plant at Bawana, Delhi.

The order for the combined cycle power plant has been placed on BHEL by Pragati Power Corporation Ltd (PPCL), a BHEL spokesman told UNI today.

The order comprises two combined cycle modules with a gross plant output of 1,371 MW.

While the first block will be completed in 28 months, the second block is slated for completion within 32 months.

This is the second order from PPCL. BHEL had earlier set up on a turnkey basis the 330 MW Pragati plant in Delhi.

BHEL's scope of work include design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of four frame 9FA gas turbine generator sets, two steam turbine generator sets and four heat recovery steam generators with state-of-the-art controls and instrumentation.

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