Established in 1964, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy and infrastructure sector with the capability to manufacture the entire range of power plant equipment. The company caters to the core sectors like power generation, transmission, industry, transportation, renewable energy, oil & gas, water, defence and aerospace and e-mobility and energy storage solutions, and has references in 82 countries across the globe. BHEL’s mammoth size of operations is evident from its widespread network of 17 manufacturing units, two repair units, four regional offices, eight service centres, one subsidiary, three overseas offices, five joint ventures, 15 regional marketing centres and more than 150 project sites across India and abroad.
Company Website: www.bhel.com
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) - Powering Progress, Brightening Lives, Touching Every Indian Home
| 2018 | Order book of Rs 1.18 trillion (US$ 18.31 billion) at the end of 2017-18 Entered into a technology transfer agreement with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the manufacture of space-grade Lithium-ion cells |
| 2017 | Commenced the execution of the 4000 MW Yadadri Supercritical Thermal Power Project Inaugurated state-of-the-art 200 MW solar photovoltaic module manufacturing line at its plants in Bengaluru |
| 2015 | Commissioned its fourth 270 MW coal based thermal power plant at Rattan India Power Limited Nandgaonpeth in Amravati |
| 2014 | Bags World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Award for Innovative Enterprises |
| 2012 | Developed India's first Ultra High Voltage AC 1200 kV Transformer |
| 2008 | Incorporated a joint venture company with TNEP to build own and operate a 1600 MW (2x800 MW) super critical thermal power plant at Udangudi Signed an MoU with NTPC Ltd to form a joint venture company to carry out engineering procurement and construction (EPC) activities in the power sector on 'mutually beneficial terms' |
| 2007 | Opened a new line of business in the form of Gas Insulated Substations (GIS) |
| 2005-06 | Awarded FICCI Award for environmental conservation and pollution control |
| 2004-05 | Received MOU Award for Excellence in Performance for 2004-05 |
| 1990s | Entered the fields of wind energy, HVDC power transmission and the frontier technology of superconductivity Became the first public sector company to obtain ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 accreditations |
| Mid-1980s | Started supplying 500 MW thermal power equipment |
| 1774-75 | Collaboration with Kraftwerke Union (KWU) of Germany for the design and technology for thermal generating units |
| 1974 | Merger of HE(I)L and BHEL |
| 1964 | Incorporation of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited to manage three plants for manufacturing of heavy electrical equipment |
| 1955 | Registration of Heavy Electricals (India) Limited (HE(I)L) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry with one factory at Bhopal |
Updated: March, 2019