Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Thursday said it has completed two units of 250 MW each for Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL).
It commissioned a second 250 MW unit at Harduaganj Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. “While the first unit in the contract was commissioned by BHEL in September 2011, the project has now been completed with the commissioning of the second unit,” the company said in a statement.
This station will generate six million units of electricity, it said. UPRVUNL had placed orders for setting up two units of 250 MW each at Harduaganj TPS.
At the same time, BHEL is executing other contracts for a 250 MW unit at Parichha and two units of 500 MW each at Anpara UPRVUNL.
BHEL’s scope of work in the Harduaganj contract included manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the main plant package along with associated auxiliaries and civil works for the main plant package.
The equipment for the project has been supplied by the company’s manufacturing units in Haridwar, Trichy, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Bhopal and Jhansi.