Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has successfully commissioned a 195 MW thermal unit in Bihar. This is the first 195 MW unit to be commissioned by BHEL at the 2x195 MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (TPS) Plant of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam (KBUNL), a joint venture of NTPC and BSPGCL, in Bihar.
The company is the leading supplier of main plant equipment to NTPC and its joint ventures, with a 72% share in their installed capacity. Its scope of work in the Muzaffarpur project 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). The second 195 MW unit is expected to be commissioned in FY 2015-16.
