The public sector Bharat heavy Electricals limited (BHEL) these days aforementioned it had bagged AN engineering, procurance and construction (EPC) contract, valued at Rs 7900 crore, from NTPC for fixing an influence project involving 3 coal-fired critical thermal units of 660 MW every in Jharkhand.

The order for fixing the 1980 MW North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) in Hazaribagh district, was won in international competitive bidding, a release from the corporate aforementioned.


"With this order, the client has reposed confidence within the company’s well-tried technological excellence as conjointly its capability in death penalty power comes of this magnitude on EPC basis," it said.


Significantly, for the primary time in India, super-critical sets operational on higher Super-critical Steam Parameters (593 deg C / 593 deg C at 260 ata), leading to reduced consumption of coal, are provided for the project, it said.

The machines will be equipped with cool condensers so as to handle the problem of water inadequacy within the space, it said.

"The order reinforces BHEL's leadership standing within the execution of super-critical thermal power comes involving offer of progressive instrumentation, suited to Indian coal and Indian conditions. With this contract, BHEL has currently won orders for offer and installation of thirty two super-critical boilers and twenty seven turbines of 660 MW, 700 MW and 800 MW ratings," it said.

The release aforementioned BHEL’s scope of labor involves style, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing & commission for the EPC Package comprising three units of 660 MW super-critical sets.

The key instrumentation for the contract are factory-made at BHEL’s Tiruchirapalli, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi and Bangalore plants with the company's Power Sector - jap Region to be answerable for civil works and erection/commissioning of the instrumentation.