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BHEL consortium wins Rs.1,600 crore contract

NEW DELHI: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Tuesday said its consortium with Alstom had won a Rs.1,600-crore contract for steam turbine generators for the Kakrapar nuclear power station in Gujarat from Nuclear Power Corporation of India.

“BHEL has achieved a major breakthrough in the nuclear segment with the first ever order for steam turbine generators for new rating 700 MWe nuclear sets pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR),” the company said in a statement. In terms of value, BHEL's share in the contract is about Rs.880 crore. In addition, BHEL has also won a Rs.40-crore contract for supply of equipment to the same project. The BHEL-Alstom consortium will supply the turbine generator packages for the two new 700 MW units of the nuclear power station.

BHEL is also presently executing several contracts for NPCIL including that for Gujarat and Rajasthan nuclear power stations besides contract for supply, erection and commissioning of the complete conventional prototype fast breeder reactor of 500 MW at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu.

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