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BHEL bags contract for Solapur power project

State-owned BHEL on Monday said it has bagged a contract for supplying equipment at Solapur Super Thermal Power Project in Maharashtra.

New Delhi: State-owned BHEL on Monday said it has bagged a contract for supplying equipment at Solapur Super Thermal Power Project in Maharashtra.

The company did not provide financial details of the contract.

"BHEL has won a contract for supply and installation of Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) package for 2x660 MW (1,320 MW) Solapur Supercritical Thermal Power Project," the company said in a statement.

BHEL's scope of work in the contract involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, and erection and commissioning of the complete ESP package.

The ESP shall be manufactured at BHEL's Ranipet plant, while the High Voltage Rectifier Transformers will be supplied by the company's Jhansi plant.

BHEL's Power Sector - Western Region will be responsible for erection and commissioning of the ESP, the statement said.

Meanwhile, last week the company won an order worth Rs 380 crore from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RRVUNL) for setting up a 160 MW gas-based plant in Rajasthan.

The Rs 380 crore contract is the expansion project (Stage IV) of Ramgarh power plant in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

BHEL's scope of work envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the Main Plant and providing equipment for the Gas-based power project.

The equipment for the project will be supplied by BHEL's Hyderabad, Trichy and Bangalore plants, while the company's power sector Northern Region will undertake erection and commissioning of the equipment.

Shares of BHEL were trading at Rs 203.95 apiece, up 1.27 percent on the BSE.

PTI

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