Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a Maharatna central public sector enterprise, has successfully commissioned a 600 Mw coal-based thermal power plantin Telangana. The company has built 600 Mw rating sets which comprise of a four cylinder turbine, designed in-house.

• With the commissioning of the unit, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has successfully diversified into the power generation business.
• The heavy engineering major had earlier commissioned a 600 Mw thermal power plant at Kakatiya in the state in last December.
• The company commissioned 85 per cent of the coal-based power stations in Telangana amounting to 5,180 Mw.
• The state government has recently placed orders with the company for executing around 6,000 Mw of thermal power projects in the state on engineering procurement construction basis.

Did You Know?

• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) owned by the Government of India, is a power plant equipment manufacturer and operates as an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India.
• Established in 1964, BHEL is India’s largest engineering and manufacturing company of its kind. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends uninterruptedly since 1976-77.
• It has been granted the prestigious Maharatna status in 2013 by Govt of india for its outstanding performance.The elite list of maharatna contains another 6 behemoth PSU companies of India.