Sunday, November 29, 2009

Bhel says no to a plant at Singur

The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government’s bid to get Bhel to set up a 1,600-MW power plant on the abandoned Nano factory land in Singur has

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been dealt a blow with the PSU describing the proposed project as ‘unfeasible’ and ‘not viable’.

Over a year after the Tatas shifted their small-car factory to Gujarat after resistance from Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, industries minister Nirupam Sen had proposed the power plant as an alternative. He wanted Bhel to set up the power plant in a joint venture with the Power Development Corporation Limited (PDCL), a state undertaking.

Accordingly, Bhel and PDCL officials inspected the site earlier this month. That the 997-acre plot — still in the possession of Tata Motors — remains in the eye of a political storm raging since 2006 became evident the very next day.

Mamata was quick to reiterate her counter proposal for the site — a wagon manufacturing unit with ancillaries in Dankuni. The mother project, she had said, would be connected to ancillaries by a dedicated railway track she promised to lay for goods trains to ply between Singur and Dankuni. Bhel’s refusal to go ahead with the project paves the way for the wagon unit proposed by her.

A letter to PDCL by a Bhel official cited technical, commercial and environmental grounds for refusing to enter into the proposed joint venture for the power plant.


Ref:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bhel-says-no-to-a-plant-at-Singur-/articleshow/5280664.cms

Monday, November 23, 2009

BHEL wins Rs56bn Supercritical order in UP

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a major order for setting up the upcoming 1,980 MW Prayagraj Thermal Power Project (TPP) with Supercritical parameters in Uttar Pradesh, involving three units of 660 MW each.



Valued at Rs56bn, the order for the greenfield power project, located at Bara in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, has been placed on BHEL by Prayagraj Power Generation Co. Limited (PPGCL), a company owned by Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL).

more at:
http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/News.aspx?NewsId=15971

Thursday, November 19, 2009

No Bhel plant at Singur site

The West Bengal government’s efforts to urge Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) to set up a thermal power plant at Singur seem to have come a cropper.

Heavy industries secretary Satyanarayan Dash on Thursday informed West Bengal chief secretary Ashoke Mohan Chakraborty of the inability of Bhel to set up a plant at the erstwhile Nano site. Dash told FE, “The West Bengal chief secretary met us to discuss the Bhel project. We acquainted him with the Bhel CMD view that the site was not suitable for a power plant.”

However, Bhel CMD BP Rao was not available for comment and Chakraborty dodged the press the whole day, declining to talk about the issue.

At a time when big projects are staying away from the state, the state government sought Centre’s intervention to expedite Bhel’s plans. It was also hoping the Centre would intervene in persuading Tata Motors to take a decision on the land.

The site, spread over 997 acres, is still leased to the Tatas. The state government, which had been pushing for the Bhel project at the site, has reportedly received a verbal request from railway officials for a coach manufacturing plant at the site as promised by railway minister Mamata Banerjee. She intended to set up a rail coach factory on the site if the state government handed over the land to the railways


ref:
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/No-Bhel-plant-at-Singur-site/543817/

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

BHEL Bhopal gets new Utra High Voltage Transformer Manufacturing Facility

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has set up a new Utra High Voltage (UHV) Transformer Manufacturing Facility at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. This new facility will enable BHEL to produce an additional 12,000 MVA of transformers per annum.

With this, the total installed transformer manufacturing capacity at BHEL’s Bhopal plant will go up to 30,000 MVA per annum while the total capacity of BHEL including its Jhansi plant will go up to 45,000 MVA. It is expected that Supercritical Thermal Power Plants of 800 MW and Nuclear Power Plants of 700 MW and above will boost the demand for Transformers manifold in the near future (nearly 1,20,000 MVA per year).
The new UHV transformer Block has a dust free and controlled atmosphere, air conditioned bays for winding works, pressurised 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 1,200 kV class.

The new unit was inaugurated by by Sh. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in the presence of Sh. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh; Sh. Arun Yadav, Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Sh. Rajendra Shukla, Minister of Energy, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh.



more at :
http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2465&Itemid=2

Sunday, November 15, 2009

BHEL Mazdoor Sangh agitation from today

In protest against apathy towards burning problems of BHEL employees, BHEL Mazdoor Sangh has decided to launch agitation in second phase termed `Employees letter in the name of CMD' from Monday.
Under the agitation employees will convey their problems directly to Chairman and managing director. The problems of the employees for which they are demanding solution are wage revision pending from 3 years should be done immediately, employees of recognised Unions should be given democratic rights, like other units cash payment of overtime should given in BHEL Bhopal unit.
Since none of the BHEL Bhopal union is recognised and those which are going to united joint committee they have failed to mount pressure on management owing to their vested interests. At present those agitations which are going on in the name of wage revision that are because of ego problems therefore under the banner of BHEL Mazdoor Sangh thousands of employees will apprise the CMD of their problems by writing letter. Under this agitation every day hundreds of letters will be sent to CDM.



ref:
http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=19369

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Bhel may power Singur dream

The deserted Tata Motors site in Singur sprung to life and prominence again on Thursday when a team of senior officials from Bhel and West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd inspected the site for a 1600 MW power plant.

This is the third move by the state government after its tryst with Tata Motors and China automaker FAW to revive the industry dream that got buried in the anti-land acquisition stir spearheaded by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

The flickering hope, however, came under a shadow by the end of the day when the Trinamool chief reiterated her demand for return of 400 acres to unwilling farmers.

If that happens, the government will have just 597 (of the 997 acre originally acquired) left to set up a power plant. Power experts held that this would not be enough to set up the 1,600 MW power plant.

The thumb rule is that one acre is needed for each megawatt of electricity generated. By that logic, the 597 acres of undisputed land, or even the total 997 acres, would not be not enough for the project. What's more, the land is in the possession of Tata Motors, though group chairman Ratan Tata made it clear during his last visit to Bengal that his company would not stand in the way of projects.

more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Bhel-may-power-Singur-dream/articleshow/5224705.cms

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

BHEL bags Rs 91 cr contract from UK firm

BHEL today said it has bagged a Rs 91 crore order from UK-based Power Engineers Contracting company to supply gas turbine generating unit for its Nasiryah power project in Iraq.

"BHEL has received an order from Power Engineers Contracting Company, UK for supplying 42 MW Gas Turbine generating unit for Nasiryah power project in Iraq," the company said in a statement.

BHEL has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Power Engineers for supplying gas turbine generators and steam turbine generators for future projects in Iraq, it said.

The gas turbines and associated equipment will be made and supplied by BHEL's Hyderabad plant and the control system will be manufactured and supplied by its electronics division, Bangalore.



ref:
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bhel-bags-rs-91-cr-contractuk-firm/78027/on

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Govt may sell 8.9% stake in L&T to BHEL

The government may consider selling its 8.9% L&T stake it holds via Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) to BHEL, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting Newswire18.
When contacted, BHEL’s Chairman this morning said that he is not aware of any such move. But sources indicated that this is part of a larger plan by the government to sell its key holdings in Axis Bank, L&T and ITC, which it holds via SUUTI in case money from auction of 3G spectrum does not come in this financial year.
The government is banking heavily on the 3G money. The budget had kept aside a target of Rs 35,000 crore from the 3G auction. In case that money does not come along, the government is preparing a fall back plan.
When sources in the finance ministry were contacted, they said that this is definitely an option that they are looking at but it is early to say if and when this will happen, because they are still hopeful of getting the money from the 3G auction. The date for the 3G auction has been set as January 14 by the DoT. There is some anxiety in North Block with regard to 3G auction, but they are still hopeful that the money will come though.


ref:
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/govt-may-sell-89-stakelt-to-bhel-sources_423971.html

Friday, November 6, 2009

BHEL bets on near doubling of orders in H2

With the economy showing broad signs of a revival, equipment major BHEL is betting on a near doubling in order bookings in the second half of the current fiscal.
The State-owned firm is looking at booking orders to the tune of Rs 35,000 crore in the second half of the current fiscal, as against around Rs 20,000 crore in the first half, with core sector activity showing a clear uptrend.
“Our target for the full fiscal stays at Rs 55,000 crores (for new order bookings). While the achievement in the first six months has been slightly over Rs 20,000 crore, we are well on our way to achieve the target for the full fiscal,” a company official said.

ref:
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bhel-betsnear-doublingordersh2_423394.html

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

NTPC, Bhel shelve joint move to build less polluting plants

Differences over intellectual property rights (IPR) have caused NTPC Ltd and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) to scrap a proposed joint initiative to build power plants that use the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology.

IGCC is a technology that turns coal into gas and removes impurities from the coal gas before it is combusted, resulting in lower emissions of sulfur dioxide, particulates and mercury.

NTPC has decided to go ahead on its own and will shortly be appointing a consultant to prepare specifications for these plants, according to an official at the state-owned utility, the country’s largest. The executive declined to be named.

Bhel, India’s largest power generation equipment maker, will collaborate with Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp. Ltd (APGenco) to build IGCC power plants, an official at the public sector enterprise said on condition of anonymity.



ref:

http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/03225127/NTPC-Bhel-shelve-joint-move-t.html