BHEL commissions 800 MW unit at Gadarwara project in Madhya Pradesh

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second unit of 1600 MW Gadarwara thermal power project in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The project is being developed by NTPC Ltd.

'Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the second unit (800 MW) of the 2x800 MW Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I,' a BHEL statement said.

The first unit of 800 MW of this project was commissioned by BHEL in 2019 and is presently under commercial operation.

BHEL’s scope of work in the project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection & commissioning of steam turbines, generators, boilers and associated auxiliaries, besides state-of-the-art controls & instrumentation (C&I) and electrostatic precipitators (ESPs).

The key equipment for the project was manufactured at BHEL’s Trichy, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Thirumayam and Bengaluru plants, while the construction of the plant was undertaken by the company’s Power Sector, Northern Region, Noida.