OREANDA-NEWS. Accelerating its project execution momentum as part of its six point agenda for dynamic growth, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has surpassed the capacity addition target, set by the Government for utility projects, by 19 per cent.

Significantly, BHEL has commissioned 8,230 MW of utility sets against the target of 6,914 MW for 2014-15. BHELhas also made major contributions to another 1,600 MW by commissioning 2 boilers of 800 MW each during the year. In addition, sets with a cumulative of 2,000 MW have been synchronised and are ready for capacity addition.

In the same period, BHEL also commissioned 1,392 MW industrial sets and 319 MW of overseas projects, taking the overall capacity addition/ synchronisation to 11,941 MW, during the year. With this, BHELhas achieved a major landmark of an installed capacity exceeding 155 GW, including 132 GW of domestic utility sets. Notably, with this BHEL has joined the elite club of international manufacturers who have supplied power generating equipment worth more than 150 GW.

Significantly, in the first three years of the XII Plan, BHEL has commissioned a capacity of 26,091 MW, exceeding the cumulative target of 24,737 MW set by the Government. Notably, with this, the company has surpassed its total commissioning of 25,385 MW in the entire XI Plan. The XII Plan has also witnessed various significant achievements by BHEL in the commissioning of new projects, with several new & higher rating sets having been commissioned. Till the XI Plan, the highest rating set commissioned by BHEL was of 525 MW rating.

In the XII Plan, two supercritical sets of 660 MW rating have been commissioned for the first time by BHEL. Further, two 800 MW rating supercritical boiler sets supplied by BHEL have also been commissioned. BHEL has also commissioned 13 sets of 600 MW and two nos. of its highest rating gas-based sets of 363 MW each at OTPC Tripura in North East India during the current plan.

Besides, BHEL successfully commissioned in quick succession, three units of 270 MW each within a span of just 42 days at Amravati in Maharashtra.