The General Electric (GE) Power India has been selected by Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) for supplying one 6F.03 gas turbine and a generator for installation at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation’s refinery at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The order is valued at Rs 220 crore which is part of the capacity expansion plan of HPCL refinery from the current 8.33 million tpa to 15 million tpa.
The gas turbine will generate close to 60 MW of power to run the plant operations, while the exhaust steam energy generated will be used for process applications.