Alstom India has bagged a contract worth Rs 530 crore from BHEL to supply components and services for its 660 MW supercritical boilers at NTPC sites of two units located in Mouda, Maharashtra.
These 660 MW supercritical power boilers were awarded to BHEL as part of the NTPC Bulk 660 MW tender. Alstom is the licensor of the supercritical technology of BHEL and is also collaborating with BHEL on execution of the supercritical boiler projects under the Licence and Business Cooperation Agreements.
Under the scope of the contracts, Alstom will cooperate with BHEL in designing the boilers and supply pressure parts of the 660 MW supercritical boilers along with pulverisers and air pre-heater components. It will also assist BHEL with technical advisors during the erection and commissioning of the units. Key components will be manufactured from Alstom's manufacturing facilities in Wellsville and Concordia in the USA and in Durgapur and Shahabad, India. The units are expected to be commissioned in 2016.