OREANDA-NEWS. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved one more milestone by successfully commissioning a 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Gujarat. The unit has been commissioned at Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited’s (GSECL) Sikka Thermal Power Station (TPS) by BHEL, on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis.

Sikka TPS is located near Jamnagar, one of the major industrial towns of Gujarat. This is the second unit of 250 MW rating to be commissioned by BHEL at Sikka TPS. The company had earlier commissioned the first 250 MW unit at Sikka in March, 2015. In addition, two units of 120 MW each, supplied and executed earlier by BHEL, are already in operation at Sikka. The sets of this rating class, supplied by BHEL, are considered as the workhorses and form the backbone of the Indian power sector.

These sets have been performing much above the national average as well as international benchmarks. BHEL has so far contracted 251 sets of this rating class. Significantly, BHEL has had a long association with GSECL and has contributed around 86% of the total installed generating capacity of GSECL. For GSECL, BHEL is executing another EPC order for setting up an 800 MW supercritical coal-based project at Wanakbori.

BHEL has already established its engineering prowess in the past through successfully delivering higher rated units of 600 MW, 660 MW, 700 MW and 800 MW thermal sets with a high degree of indigenization.

Notably, in the current financial year (2015-16), BHEL has already commissioned power plants with a cumulative capacity of 2,730 MW. BHEL is the market leader in the Indian Power Sector with practically 2 out of 3 houses in the country being lit by power generated by BHEL sets.BHEL’s formidable strength of an installed base of over 150,000 MW of power plant equipment coupled with its vast experience makes it an ideal choice of utilities in the country. BHEL’s customers also enjoy the advantage of assured and prompt After Sales Service.