New plant will reinstate existing diesel plant, presently suspended for environmental causes
Nationalized Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a bond as of the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) for locale up a Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP), esteemed at Rs 1,202 crore on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) source. The agreement occupies supply as well as commissioning of a fuel-efficient Advanced-class Gas Turbine.
The agreement involves setting up of a 370 Mw Gas Turbine (GT)-based CCPP at Yelahanka on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Considerably, this will as well be the first gas-based Utility Power venture of KPCL.
With this order, BHEL has constricted 242 GTs, containing 22 advanced-classes GTs.
Particularly, this plant will reinstate the old diesel generator-based power plant of 128 Mw capacities, which has not been in service for a few time because of environmental problems. Yelahanka CCPP will not only address environmental worries but will as well advance the power supply in Karnataka and particularly Bengaluru city, the corporation said in an announcement.
BHEL has a long involvement with KPCL and has supplied sets secretarial for 74 per cent of its established capacity. Another 3,100 Mw of ventures are currently under production by BHEL at Bellary, Yeramarus as well as Edlapur. BHEL is as well the JV partner of the KPCL in Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL) as well as is making the 2×800 Mw Yeramarus TPS along with 1×800 Mw Edlapur power ventures of RPCL.
BHEL’s scope of work on the venture includes the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing as well as commissioning of the EPC package includes an advanced-class gas turbine-based combined cycle power plant. The key apparatus for the agreement will be manufactured at BHEL’s Hyderabad, Trichy, Haridwar , Bhopal as well as Jhansi plants, whereas the company’s power sector — southern area shall carry out the civil works, as well as erection and commissioning of the equipment.
Gas-based power plants have the benefit of a rapid set up and are environment-friendly besides being apposite for peaking power. With the current gas cost revision as well as proposal for gas cost pooling, gas accessibility is likely to advance which will outcome in invention of more gas-based power plants, the company announcement added.
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