Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 21, 2016 with NHPC for undertaking of hydro power projects in overseas markets. As per the MoU, NHPC and BHEL will look after the civil and electro mechanical package respectively.
The company has recently successfully commissioned the third unit of the 4x40 MW Teesta Low Dam, Hydro Electric Project (HEP) Stage-IV in West Bengal. A run-of-the-river greenfield project located in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Teesta HEP is being set up by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), on the river Teesta.
BHEL is India’s largest engineering and manufacturing company of its kind. It is a power plant equipment manufacturer and operates as an engineering and manufacturing company.