BHEL Wins Orders for Setting Up Two Solar Power Plants Worth Rs 800 Crores

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has announced it has bagged two orders worth Rs 800 crore for setting up solar power plants of 200 Megawatt (Mw) capacity for NTPC and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL).

“The NTPC order foresees setting up India’s largest floating SPV plant of 100 MW capacity at NTPC Ramagundam in Telangana while the GSECL order involves setting up a 100 MW ground-mounted SPV plant at Raghanesda Ultra Mega Solar Park at Banaskantha in Gujarat,” the company said in a statement.

BHEL is presently offering Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) solutions for both off-grid and grid-interactive solar photo-voltaic plants at multiple locations in India. It has a present portfolio of over 1 GW of solar photo-voltaic plants including 500 Mw capacity that is by now commissioned.

The company said it has improved its manufacturing capacity for solar cells and solar modules and is presently manufacturing space-grade solar panels and batteries at its Electronics Systems Division in Bengaluru.