A five-member delegation of M/s Fortum visited BHEl Bhopal plant the other day to assess and evaluate the design and manufacturing capabilities of BHEl Bhopal focussing mainly on Hydropower generation.
M/s Fortum is a state majority-owned company with the Finnish Government. Their area of operation includes sale of Power, Heat and Electricity and it owns, operate Hydro, Nuclear and Thermal power plants (14,624 MW) primarily in Nordic countries, Russia, Poland and Baltic Rim. Their hydro portfolio consists of around 160 power plants with a cumulative capacity of 4700 MW in Finland and Sweden.
On their visit to BHEl Bhopal plant, Dinesh Kumar, GM / Hydro& ESH welcomed the team. Initially, a presentation was made by M/s Fortum on their business profile. Subsequently, brief presentations on design aspects and manufacturing capabilities of Hydro Turbine, Hydro Generator, Transformer and Switchgear were made to the delegation. A presentation on our Quality Assurance system was also made to the delegates. After the presentations, the team interacted with respective designers for detailed technical discussions on Turbine, Generator, Transformer and Switchgears.
On the second day of their visit, the team visited Hydro laboratory to have a glimpse of the in-house Hydro Turbine Model Manufacturing & Model Testing facilities. The team was delighted to see such facility of international standard and appreciated the excellent dedication of BHEl Bhopal for establishing state-of-the-art hydro machinery development station.
The team also visited Golden Jubilee Block, WTM shop, Fabrication shop, HGM, New Transformer Block, Switchgear shop, CIM and PRM accompanied by Bimaljeet Singh, AGM /
HSS who also interacted with the team on various aspects of online system of supplier evaluation and procurement process.
The Finnish team was highly impressed with international standard of design and manufacturing facilities for varied products at one place.