Bharat Heavy Electricals, on 12 June 2006, bagged an order worth Rs.113 crore from Essar Steel for setting up a 110.6 MW gas turbine generator. This order would be part of Essar Steel's 350 MW combined cycle power plant that would support the Hazira steel complex expansion project in Surat district of Gujarat.

The scope of work includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, transportation, supervision of installation, erection, testing and commissioning of a 110.6 MW gas turbine generator with C&I and associated auxiliaries.

Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 14 months, which is around August 2007.

For Essar, BHEL is already executing an order for a captive power plant of similar rating at Hazira. The project is in an advanced stage and is expected to be commissioned shortly.

ProjectsToday adds: Essar Steel is in the process of setting up a combined cycle power plant roughly of 350 MW capacity (300 MW gas-based + 55 MW steam-based). In March 2005, one gas unit of 100 MW was commissioned along with a  55 MW steam unit. BHEL, besides the new order in question, is already implementing a 106 MW gas-based power plant that would be commissioned shortly. Once the new contract is commissioned by August 2007, the captive power plant capacity would be around 366 MW, including 55 MW of steam turbine generation. 

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