Team News Riveting
Chennai, March 12
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) conducted the Boiler Light-up of 1×800 MW North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS) Stage Ill.
Significantly, the NCTPS Stage Ill project is the first supercritical project to undergo Boiler Light-Up in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the five thermal power projects under construction in the state with a total generation capacity of 5,700 MW. BHEL is also executing TANGEDCO’s 2×660 MW Ennore SEZ, 2×800 MW Uppur and 2×660 MW Udangudi.
Notably, all these orders were won by BHEL on International Competitive Bidding (ICB) basis. The implementation of these new projects will foster growth in Tamil Nadu and provide easy access to electricity to the people of the state.
BHEL has a significant share of 83 per cent in TANGEDCO’s coal-based generating capacity and has been a major partner in the power development programme of Tamil Nadu. BHEL’s scope of work in the NCTPS Stage Ill project involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning & civil works for the Main Plant Package.
BHEL is the leading power equipment manufacturer in the country with 56 sets of supercritical boilers and 51 sets of supercritical turbine generators ordered on it by various Central, State as well as Private sector utilities.
The 800 MW NCTPS Stage III is the highest rating thermal unit under construction at a cost of Rs 6,376 crore. The power project which was supposed to be commissioned by July 2019 was delayed due to various reasons, including COVID-19.
