Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
Engineering goods exports constituted more than 27% share of India's total export basket between April-December 2021.
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 83 countries across the globe. BHEL’s mammoth size of operations is evident from its widespread network of 16 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.
BHEL has installed more than 1000 utility sets in thermal, hydro, nuclear and gas-based power plants, contributing to 53% to the total installed conventional power generation capacity in the country.
Company Website: www.bhel.com
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) - Powering Progress, Brightening Lives, Touching Every Indian Home
| 2022 | In February 2022, state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) secured an order from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to supply compact heat exchanger sets for 83 LCA Tejas MK1A aircrafts. |
| 2021 | In August 2021, BHEL secured its largest-ever order worth Rs. 10,800 crore (US$ 1.45 billion) from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the EPC of a turbine island for 6 units of 700 MW. BHEL commissioned a 5.4 MWp floating solar plant in West Bengal. BHEL won a turnkey project for a grid-connected 8 MWac solar power plant in Mauritius. BHEL emerged as the lowest bidder for supply of equipment for 6x700 MW nuclear power projects of Nuclear Power Corporation of India. |
| 2020 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) introduced an advanced boiler cleaning process for coal-fired thermal units at the 3x660 MW North Karanpura Super Thermal Power project of NTPC, which is carried out by BHEL on an EPC basis, in line with its goal of achieving excellence in project execution. At the National High Power Test Laboratory (NHPTL) at Bina in Madhya Pradesh, BHEL successfully developed and tested India's highest-rated auto transformer. Also, in the global transformer industry, this is a new milestone. BHEL ties-up with SwissRapide AG to bring magnetic levitation trains (Maglev) to India BHEL commissioned Unit I of the 4x270 MW Bhadradri Thermal Power Project in Telangana BHEL signed MoU with Rosoboronexport, Russia to cooperate and undertake joint projects and operations for Defence Systems |
| 2019 | BHEL won the Indian Green Energy Award 2019 in the category, Outstanding Renewable Energy Generation Projects (Solar), for its 7.5 MWp Solar PV Plant at Trichy GAIL (India) Limited and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a MoU for cooperation in development of solar based power projects Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) won the order from an NTPC unit, “Nabinagar Power Generating Company Ltd (NPGCL)” |
| 2018 | Order booked of Rs. 11,8000 crore (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 |
- India’s largest manufacturer of power generation equipment
- Over 150 project sites across India and abroad
- Footprint in 82 countries
- Total income of Rs. 17,678.28 crore (US$ 2.38 million) was recorded in FY2
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