Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Bharat Electronics has inaugurated a 16 MW grid-connected Solar Power Plant set up by Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics (BEL) at Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF). The Power Plant is developed in around 80 acres of land, has been set up at an approximate cost of Rs 105 crore for the annual captive consumption of HVF & Engine Factory (EFA), Avadi, around 25 km from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The plant will inject power at 110 kV to Tantransco’s 110 kV Sub-Station located around 2.5 km away and is expected to result in annual savings of Rs 4.54 crore for both, HVF and EFA.

BEL is a multi-product, multi-technology, multi-unit conglomerate with over 350 products in the areas of military communication, radars, naval systems, C4I systems, weapon systems, homeland security, telecom & broadcast systems, electronic warfare, tank electronics, electro-optics, professional electronic components and solar photovoltaic systems.