BHEL wins Rs 840 crore emission control equipment order

State-owned BHEL has bagged an order worth Rs 840 crore from an NTPC subsidiary for emission control equipment, according to a statement filled with BSE on Sunday. The order involves supply and installation of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system for control of sulphur oxides emissions at the 3x660 MW Nabinagar project in Aurangabad district of Bihar.

The company has bagged the order from Nabinagar Power Generating Company Ltd (NPGCL). Besides NTPC, several state utilities have also placed orders on BHEL for supplying emission control equipment, while discussions with several other utilities are in progress. Overall, BHEL has contracted FGD orders for 37 units from various customers till date. 

With this order, the company is presently executing FGD systems for 23 units of NTPC and its joint ventures. BHEL's experience of over five decades of installing more than 1,85,000 MW utility sets in India and abroad. 

Overall, BHEL has contracted FGD orders for 37 units from various customers till date. BHEL's plan to indigenously manufacture major equipment for emission control provides a twin boost to the Government's plan of 'Making in India' and its Intended National Determined Contributions (INDC) for limiting the carbon footprint of the nation.