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Power generation in India
received a boost with BHEL built
thermal sets generating
5.5 per cent more power
in fiscal 2011-12 compared to the
previous fiscal, the public sector
company announced.
During the year, these sets registered
a record generation of 459
billion units of electricity against
435 billion units in the year before.
Significantly, this constituted 75
per cent of the total power generated
in the country from coal based
thermal utility sets. Similarly,
42 per cent of generation from
hydro sets and 66 per cent of generation
from nuclear sets was contributed
by BHEL sets.
Also, during the year BHEL manufactured
thermal sets also
achieved an impressive operating
availability (OA) of 85.9 per cent,
while the plant load factor (PLF) at
75.5 per cent was 2.3 per cent
higher than the national average.
BHEL-make 200-500 MW
thermal sets, which form the
backbone of the country's thermal
generating capacity, operated
at an OA of 89 per cent and a
PLF of 79 per cent. Notably, 14
BHEL-make thermal sets of various
ratings operated at a PLF of
over 90 per cent and 152 sets
achieved an OA of more than 90
per cent. BHEL-make 500 MW
thermal sets also maintained
their availability record of above
90 per cent.
BHEL has fully established
state-of-the-art technology for
manufacture of thermal sets up to
600 MW rating in the sub-critical
range and has the capability to
manufacture sets up to 1,000 MW
rating. The company has also
equipped itself to produce 660
MW, 700 MW & 800 MW thermal
sets with supercritical parameters,
and is shoring up its capability
for higher rating hydro sets
and advanced class gas turbines
to cater to upcoming market
requirements.
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