Accelerating its project execution momentum as part of its six point agenda for dynamic growth, Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEl) has surpassed the capacity addition target, set by the government for utility projects, by 19 per cent. Significantly, the company has commissioned 8,230 MW of utility sets against the target of 6,914 MW for 2014-15. It has also made major contributions to another 1,600 MW by commissioning two boilers of 800 MW each during the year. In addition, sets with a cumulative of 2,000 MW have been synchronised and are ready for capacity addition.
In the same period, it also commissioned 1,392 MW industrial sets and 319 MW of overseas projects, taking the overall capacity addition/synchronisation to 11,941 MW. With this, it has achieved a landmark of an installed capacity exceeding 155 GW, including 132 GW of domestic utility sets. Notably, BHEl has joined the elite club of international manufacturers who have supplied power generating equipment worth over 150 GW. Significantly, in the first three years of the XII plan, the company has commissioned a capacity of 26,091 MW, exceeding the cumulative target of 24,737 MW set by the government.
The XII plan has also witnessed various significant achievements in the commissioning of new projects. Till the XI plan, the highest rating set commissioned was of 525 MW rating. In the XII plan, two supercritical sets of 660 MW rating have been commissioned for the first time by the company. Further, two 800 MW rating supercritical boiler sets have also been commissioned.
It has also commissioned 13 sets of 600 MW and two of its highest rating gas-based sets of 363 MW each, at OTPC Tripura in North East India during the current plan. Besides, it has also successfully commissioned, in quick succession, three units of 270 MW each within a span of just 42 days at Amravati in Maharashtra. BHEl has been committed to the nation’s power development programme and has reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian power sector by equipping itself by way of contemporary technology, state-of-the-art manufacturing and execution facilities and skilled technical manpower.