Alstom to supply two 800 MW boilers to BHEL

Alstom to supply two 800 MW boilers to BHEL
 
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), to supply components and services for the 2×800 MW Gadarwara super thermal power plant at Gadarwara, Narsingpur, Madhya Pradesh. This contract is worth approximately €100 million.
 
Under the scope of the contract, Alstom Thermal Power will cooperate with BHEL in designing the boilers and supply pressure parts of the 800 MW supercritical boilers along with pulverisers and airpreheater components. It will also assist BHEL with technical advisors during the erection and commissioning of the two units. Key components will be manufactured from Alstom’s state-of-the-art facilities in Wellsville and Concordia in the USA as well as in Durgapur and Shahabad, India. Unit I is expected to be commissioned in 2016, whilst unit II is expected to be commissioned in 2017.