Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd recently conducted the boiler light-up of 1×800-mw North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS) Stage III, in Tamil Nadu.
The NCTPS Stage-III project is the highest rating thermal power project, and the first supercritical project to undergo boiler light-up in Tamil Nadu, a BHEL release said. The power project is owned by state utility Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd (Tangedco).
BHEL’s scope of work in the NCTPS Stage-III project involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, commissioning and civil works for the main plant package.
NCTPS-Stage III is being constructed at a total cost of around Rs.6,376 crore, financed by REC Ltd. While BHEL is entrusted with the boiler turbine-generator (BTG) package, BGR Energy Systems will be undertaking the balance of plant (BoP) works.
BHEL in Tamil Nadu
BHEL is also executing Tangedco’s 2×660-mw Ennore SEZ, 2×800-mw Uppur and 2×660-mw Udangudi projects. All these orders were won by BHEL on International Competitive Bidding (ICB) basis, the release said.
The implementation of these new projects will foster growth in Tamil Nadu and provide easy access to electricity to the people of the state. BHEL has a significant share of 83 per cent in Tangedco’s coal-based generating capacity and has been a major partner in the power development programme of Tamil Nadu.
NCTPS
NCTPS Stage-I has a total capacity of 630 mw, comprising three units of 210-mw each. In Stage-II, two supercritical units of 660-mw each were added. Stage-II is in full operation since May 2014. Now, in Stage-III one supercritical unit of 800-mw is being added. The total capacity across all the three stages would be 2,750 mw.
Over 50 supercritical sets
BHEL is amongst the leading power equipment manufacturers in the country with 56 sets of supercritical boilers and 51 sets of supercritical turbine generators ordered on it by various Central, State as well as private sector utilities.
(Featured image is a file photograph of Tangedco’s North Chennai Thermal Power Station)
