France-headquartered Alstom on Wednesday said it has been awarded a contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to supply components and services for the 2x660 MW Suratgarh super thermal power project (STPP), at Suratgarh in Rajasthan. This contract is worth approximately €27 million ($35 million).
Under the scope of the contract, Alstom will co-operate with BHEL in designing the boilers and supply identified pressure parts of the 660 MW supercritical boilers, along with wind boxes.
It will also assist BHEL with technical advisors during the erection and commissioning of the units. Key components will be manufactured in Alstom’s manufacturing facilities in Concordia (USA), as well as in Durgapur (India). The units I and II are expected to be commissioned by 2016, Alstom said in a statement.
“Alstom’s supercritical boilers are state-of-the-art technology and are designed to address the challenges of the power industry in India. This contract is yet another confirmation of the technological expertise enjoyed by Alstom in the field of supercritical boilers,” said Patrick Ledermann, Vice President, Alstom Thermal Power & Renewable Power in India.
The new Suratgarh contract is a confirmation of the strong cooperation established since 2005 with BHEL. It comes in addition to eight contracts signed with BHEL between 2008 to 2013 for supercritical boilers in Barh II, Krishnapatnam, Bara, Yermaras, Bellary, Mouda and most recently Nabinagar and Gadarwara in India.
Alstom’s supercritical boiler technology helps in achieving about 3-4 per cent higher plant efficiency compared to conventional subcritical design.