BHEL Commissions 270 MW Thermal Unit in Maharashtra

BHEL is an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer in India engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products and services of various core sectors.

The company has successfully commissioned another 270 MW thermal unit at RattanIndia Nasik Power Limited’s thermal power project, located at Sinnar in Nasik District of Maharashtra.

This is the fourth unit to be commissioned at this project. Significantly, the milestone has been achieved within 35 days of commissioning of the third unit.

So far, BHEL has successfully commissioned 14 sets of 270 MW rating in the country, including 9 sets for the RattanIndia group. In addition to four units at Nasik, BHEL has earlier commissioned 5 sets of 270 MW each at Amravati, for RattanIndia.

Nasik Thermal Power Project:
Nasik thermal plant is being set up by RattanIndia Nasik Power Ltd. (formerly known as Indiabulls Realtech Ltd.) – a subsidiary of RattanIndia Power Limited.

Capacity:
The total capacity of the project is 2,700 MW in 2 phases each of 1350 MW with each phase comprising of 5 units each of 270 MW.

4 units of Phase-I have been commissioned and the fifth unit at the Nasik project is also in advanced stages of completion.

Fuel Supply:
The project has assured coal linkages for entire 2,700 MW from Coal India limited (CIL). The Fuel Supply Agreements have been signed with South Coalfields Limited (SECL) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited which are the subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL).