BHEL commissions 600-MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)  on Monday said it has commissioned another 600 MW unit of a thermal power project in Chhattisgarh.

The unit was commissioned at Dainik Bhaskar Power Ltd's (DBPL) upcoming 2x600 MW thermal power project located at Dhabra in Janjgir Champa district of Chhattisgarh, BHEL said in a statement. This is the second unit of the power project, commissioned by BHEL, it added.

The first 600 MW unit was commissioned by the company last year. BHEL's scope of work in the contract envisaged design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of steam turbines, generators and boilers, along with associated auxiliaries and electricals, besides controls and instrumentation and electro-static precipitators.

With a cumulative installed capacity of 11,40O MW, the share of BHEL stands at 68 percent of the total installed capacity in the state.