April 28, 2006
Mumbai: Siemens and Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate for advanced power plant technology.
The agreement provides for Bhel and Siemens to jointly offer and install steam turbines for power plant projects in India that involve supercritical steam conditions.
This covers steam turbines based on super critical conditions wherein the plant operates with steam temperature just below 600 degree Celsius and a high pressure of approximately 250 bar giving higher plant efficiency.
To meet the country’s rapidly-growing demand for power, the Indian government is planning an ambitious expansion programme.
“Currently, India has an installed power plant capacity of 124,000MW and by 2012 new coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of over 38,000MW are to be built. To fulfill this plan, large coal-fired units of varying output, including 800MW need to be constructed,” Klaus Voges, group president, power generation, Siemens said.
J Schubert, managing director, Siemens India said that the company will introduce the super critical technology for power plants of 800MW. “This will help us support the government in its ambitious plans of providing power to all,” he said.
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