Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has successfully commissioned another 520 MW coal-based thermal generating unit in Andhra Pradesh. The unit has been commissioned at the 2x520 MW Vizag Thermal Power Project of Hinduja National Power Company (HNPCL), Visakhapatnam.
Significantly, in Visakhapatnam district, four 500 MW thermal sets supplied and executed by BHEL are already in successful operation at Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC. The 2x520 MW Vizag Thermal Power Project has been executed by the company on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. This project is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal.
BHEL has also recently secured prestigious orders for setting up two supercritical thermal power projects involving one unit each of the country’s highest rating 800 MW sets, in Andhra Pradesh. The projects are 1x800 MW Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Dr NTTPS) Stage-V of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGENCO) and 1x800 MW Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station (SDSTPS) Stage-II, popularly known as Krishnapatnam Supercritical Thermal Power Project, of Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company (APPDCL).
