Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved a major breakthrough in the rolling stock business by securing the order for 6,000 HP Electric Locomotives, first ever in the country for industrial application.
More details:
- The order has been placed by NTPC Limited for supply of 6 nos. 6,000 HP Electric Locomotives for material handling operations at Lara thermal power project site.
- With this order, BHEL has expanded its offerings in its rolling stock business, driven by increasing the existing basket of products and services in new market segments, specifically for industries viz. power, steel, cement, etc., in addition to Indian Railways.
- As the world continues to explore new ways of limiting carbon emissions in the transportation sector, BHEL’s efforts in offering eco-friendly electric locomotives for industry will provide a relatively cleaner and alternative option to diesel electric locomotives.
- The locomotives shall be manufactured at BHEL’s Jhansi facility and will be equipped with state-of-the-art IGBT-based propulsion equipment, developed and supplied by the company’s Bengaluru unit. The traction motors for the locomotives will be supplied from BHEL’s Bhopal plant.
- So far, BHEL has supplied more than 450 nos. electric locomotives of various ratings to Indian Railways which are running successfully.
About BHEL:
BHEL is a leading state owned company, wherein Government of India is holding 63.17% of its equity. BHEL is an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer and one of the largest engineering and manufacturing organization in India, catering to the core infrastructure sectors of the Indian economy viz. energy, transportation, heavy engineering industry, defence, renewable and non-conventional energy. The energy sector covers generation, transmission and distribution equipment for thermal, gas, hydro, nuclear and solar photo voltaic.
- BHEL has been in this business for more than 50 years and BHEL supplied equipment accounts for more than 57% (approx. 180 GW) of the total thermal generating capacity in India.
- BHEL is also listed in Indian stock exchanges. BHEL has 16 manufacturing units, 4 power sector regions, 8 service centres and 15 regional offices besides host of project sites spread all over India and abroad.
- BHEL has its footprint in all the inhabited continents with references in 86 countries including Malaysia, Oman, Iraq, Syria Sudan, Libya, Cyprus, Malta, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, New Zealand etc. with cumulative overseas installed capacity of BHEL manufactured power plants nearing 10,000 MW. The annual turnover of BHEL for the year 2020-21 was around US$ 2.3 Billion.
- The high level of quality & reliability of BHEL products is due to adherence to international standards by acquiring and adapting some of the best technologies from leading companies in the world, together with technologies developed in its own R&D centres.
- BHEL Corporate R&D, Hyderabad has requisite know-how in end-use application of Hydrogen Economy i.e. for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) technology and has developed and demonstrated PEMFC system upto 5 KW for stationary application and upto 1.25 KW for mobility application.
Source: BHEL- Press Release
