Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL, New Delhi, India) has bagged prestigious orders for setting up 80 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.
Cumulatively valued at Rs.4370 Million (approx.. USD 66 million), the orders have been placed on BHEL by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). With these orders, BHEL’s solar PV portfolio now stands at 300 MW, the company notes.
The PV plants are to be set up at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu (65 MW), for NLC and at Ordinance Factory premises Medak, Telangana (15 MW), for BEL.
In the previous year BHEL had bagged EPC orders from NTPC under domestic competitive bidding for a 50 MW PV Power Plant at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and for a 50 MW PV Power Plant at Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
BHEL offers EPC for both off-grid and grid-interactive solar PV plants and has set up solar plants in various locations in India including the Lakshadweep Islands for island electrification.
By Baishakhi Dutta
