Work on the second 500 MW unit of Stage-III of the project is going on and the unit is expected to be commissioned in financial year 2015-16
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the first 500 MW unit at the 2x500 MW Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) Stage-III, of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO), in Maharashtra. With this, [8 units aggregating to 2,840 MW] supplied and executed by BHEL are now in operation at Chandrapur STPP.
Work on the second 500 MW unit of Stage-III of the project is going on and the unit is expected to be commissioned in financial year 2015-16. 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 state-of-the-art Controls & Instrumentation (C&I) and Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs). Significantly, BHEL has been a partner in the power development programme of the state of Maharashtra and has contributed more than 15,000 MW of generating capacity to Maharashtra, the highest in any single state.
The successful commissioning of the unit has reinforced BHEL’s status in the execution of thermal power projects involving supply of equipment, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions. BHEL has already established its engineering and manufacturing capability by successfully delivering higher rated units of 600 MW, 660 MW, 700 MW and 800 MW thermal sets.
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