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Union Heavy Industry Minister to
dedicate BHEL's UHV Transformer to nation
BHEL & MPPGCL to sign MoU to set up 2x800 MW Supercritical Thermal
Power Plant at Khandwa
Bhopal, November 16 (Pervez Bari): Union Minister of Heavy Industry
and Public Enterprises, Vilasrao Deshmukh will dedicate to the nation
Ultra High Voltage, (UHV), Transformer Block in Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited, (BHEL), Bhopal unit here on Tuesday at 11.30 am.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and Union Minister of State Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises,
Arun Yadav, shall be present on the occasion.
The new UHV transformer block is one more feather in BHEL's cap which
boasts of advanced Technology with most modern and sophisticated
equipments/machines comparable with the best in the world. This new
facility will enable BHEL, Bhopal to produce additional 12000 MVA of
Transformers thereby increasing the total installed capacity at Bhopal
to 30000 MVA per annum and total capacity of BHEL to 45000 MVA
including the BHEL, Jhansi plant. The UHV transformer block will
enable BHEL to fulfill its commitment of making the country
self-reliant in power through significant contribution towards the
growth of transmission sector in India and UHV technology in
particular.
The new UHV transformer Block has state of the art manufacturing
technology, dust free & controlled atmosphere, air conditioned bay for
winding works, pressurized bay for Core building and final assembly,
EOT cranes for lifting loads up to 450 tons, Iso static Pressing
Device for windings, Air Cushion Transport System for Movement of
Equipment & Machinery and attached UHV Laboratory for testing
Transformers up to 1200 kV class.
Meanwhile, a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU), would be signed
between BHEL and Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited, (MPPGCL),
on Tuesday for formation of a Joint venture company to set up 2x800 MW
Supercritical Thermal Power Plant in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
The MoU shall be signed at Noor-us-Sabha Palace at 6 pm in the
presence of Chouhan, Arun Yadav, and Minister of Energy, MP
Government, Rajendra Shukla shall be present on the occasion.
It may be mentioned here that BHEL is the largest engineering and
manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy related/infrastructure
sector today. Established as Heavy Electricals Private Limited, at
Bhopal it came into existence after being registered on August 29,
1956. BHEL manufactures over 180 products and caters to core sectors
of the Indian Economy, viz. Power Generation & Transmission, Industry,
Transportation, Telecommunication, Renewable energy etc. Out of its 14
Manufacturing Divisions, BHEL Bhopal is the oldest one.
Over the past five decades, BHEL has pioneered the Power Transmission
Sector of the country by successfully supplying entire range of Power
Transformers and Shunt reactors. There have been many first to the
credit of BHEL in the evolution of UHV Technology of the country. It
is anticipated that Supercritical Thermal Power Plants of 800 MW and
Nuclear Power Plants of 700 MW and 1000 MW will further boost up the
demand of Transformers in a great way. Anticipating the demand of
transformers as 1,20,000 MVA per year, BHEL has taken gigantic steps
in this direction.(pervezbari@eth.net)
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