Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has bagged a Rs 2,100-crore order for the supply and installation of the main plant equipment for NTPC Ltd's Mauda super thermal coal-fired power project in Maharashtra. As part of the order, Bhel will set up the 2x500 mw steam generator and steam turbine generator packages for the plant located in Nagpur district, bordering Chhattisgarh.
NTPC's first greenfield power project in Maharashtra, the Mauda project was approved by the NTPC board in November 2007 with an investment of Rs 5,459 crore. It gives shape to NTPC's plan first announced in 2001 of having a power plant Maharashtra. NTPC's presence in the state is currently through a 28 per cent equity stake in Ratnagiri Gas & Power Pvt. Ltd, a special purpose vehicle formed in July 2005 for the revival of the erstwhile Dabhol power project at Anjanwel village in Ratnagiri district.
NTPC entered into a power purchase agreement with Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board in December last year, although it is not clear whether there would be other beneficiary states for power offtake from the Mauda project. According to information available with Projectmonitor, NTPC is in the process of selecting suppliers for various other packages like demineralisation plant, cooling water systems, power transformers etc.