BHEL commissions 500-mw unit at NTPC's Vindhyachal project

NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Tuesday said it commissioned the eleventh 500-mw unit at NTPC's Vindhyachal super thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh. With this, 12 million units of electricity will be added to the grid every day, a company statement said.

The main plant package contract for Vindhyachal STPP stage-IV was placed on BHEL by NTPC and this is the fifth 500 mw unit that BHEL has commissioned for NTPC during the past three months.

The others being Vallur-1, Simhadri-4, Mauda-1 and Rihand-5. With the commissioning of the Vindhyachal unit, BHEL has added a total of 2,000 mw to the grid in the current financial year.

This includes three NTPC units of 500 mw each and two units of 250 mw for Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd at Harduaganj and Parichha power projects, the statement said.