Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced that it has been awarded a contract for the renovation and modernization (R&M) of steam turbines at Gujarat’s Ukai Thermal Power Station (TPS). The order, worth 300 crore, is for the Ukai Thermal Power Station’s 200 MW Unit-3 and 210 MW Unit-5. Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited has placed an order with BHEL.
BHEL is also the turbine’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM). It is anticipated that it will extend the life and reliability of Units 3&5 at Ukai TPS. “The R&M work being undertaken by BHEL will not only extend the life and reliability of Units-3&5 at Ukai TPS, but will also improve the efficiency levels of these turbines by addressing problems of technical obsolescence, thereby making them more environmentally friendly,” BHEL stated in a regulatory filing.
The contract requires BHEL to design, engineer, manufacture, supply, dismantle, erect, test, and commission the steam turbines and associated auxiliaries. The project’s equipment will be supplied by BHEL’s manufacturing units in Haridwar, Trichy, Bengaluru, and Bhopal, with on-site execution handled by the company’s Power Sector – Western Region in Nagpur.