BHEL wins Rs 750 cr order for Emission Control System

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for emission control equipment from Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL).

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BHEL wins Rs 750 cr order for Emission Control System

Amidst stiff competitive bidding, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an order for emission control equipment from Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL). Valued at about Rs 750 crore, the order involves supply and installation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) system at 4×250 MW Nabinagar project of BRBCL in Aurangabad of Bihar.

BHEL’s scope of work includes design, engineering, civil works, supply, erection and commissioning of wet FGD system along with auxiliaries including limestone and gypsum handling system and wet stack on full EPC basis. BHEL has been a major player in this area for over a decade and was one of the earliest entrants in the Indian market for emission control equipment, having successfully executed FGD system at Tata Power’s Trombay Unit 8 in 2008. With this order, BHEL is presently executing FGD systems for 27 units of NTPC and its JVs.

Besides NTPC, several state utilities have already placed orders on BHEL for supplying emission control equipment, while discussions with several other utilities are in progress. Overall, BHEL has contracted FGD orders for 41 units from various customers till date.

BHEL is a leader in clean power generation from coal with air quality control systems to further lower the emission of the Indian thermal power plants. In line with its philosophy of rapid technology assimilation and indigenisation for offering state-of-the-art technology, BHEL has an ongoing technology collaboration with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Japan, for FGD systems and with HLB Power, Republic of Korea for large size gates and dampers. On the NOx control front also, the company possesses in-house capabilities to supply the technology for reducing NOx levels through modifications in boilers.

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