Date:05/10/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/10/05/stories/2005100503520200.htm

Back BHEL commissions 2nd unit at NTPC's Rihand station

Our Bureau

New Delhi , Oct. 4

BHARAT Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Tuesday said it had commissioned the second 500-MW unit at NTPC Ltd's Rihand super thermal power station in Uttar Pradesh.

The commissioning of the unit takes the total capacity of the Rihand plant to 2,000 MW. With this, 12 million units of electricity would be added every day to the grid, a BHEL release said. The equipment supplier had earlier commissioned the first 500-MW unit of the plant. The company has received a total of 37 orders for 500-MW sets, out of which 26 have been implemented.