BHEL commissions 660 MW of Bihar thermal power project

Thermal plant in Bihar image by mithermal

Indian public utility Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second 660 MW of the Barh Supercritical Thermal Power Project, Stage II of NTPC in Bihar.

Recently, BHEL was executing orders for 36 sets of supercritical boilers and 31 sets of supercritical turbine generators are under various stages of execution, the company statement said.

The order has been taken from Central, State sector and private sector companies. The supercritical thermal units are more efficient, with less coal consumption and more eco-friendly.

The major equipment for the project was manufactured at BHEL’s Haridwar, Trichy, Hyderabad and Bengaluru units.

BHEL supplied thermal sets is efficient enough to fully meet the performance standards notified by CEA demonstrating a better operating heat rate resulting in less coal consumption per unit of power produced.

BHEL has kept its market leadership in the supercritical sub-critical thermal power segment of the country.

To keep updated with the advanced technologies, BHEL has taken up the home-grown development of the Advanced Ultra Supercritical (AUSC) technology with NTPC and IGCAR, resulting in a reduction of about 11 percent in coal consumption and CO2 emission.

The construction of the plant was undertaken by the company’s Power Sector in Eastern Region.

The first 660 MW unit of the project was commissioned on November 15, 2014. Bihar was allocated a 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) at that time, with center allotting sufficient number of coal blocks in addition.

“The Centre will soon initiate the process for 4,000 MW UMPP in Bihar and allocate sufficient number of coal blocks to cater to it. We want that the electricity requirement of the state is met by production here itself,” said Piyush Goyal, power minister while inaugurating the first project.

Three days ago, power starving Bihar planned to combine solar power generation with inland fisheries for promoting solar photo-voltaic projects on lands identified for the development of inland fresh water aquaculture such as ponds.

According to the proposal floated by Bihar State Power, the developers have to establish solar projects on water bodies where pisci-culture is being practiced.

The produced power will be bought by Bihar State Power at a rate determined by a reverse bidding process, from a starting price of Rs. 9.85 per kWhr.

Sabeena Wahid
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