BHEL Wins Rs 19,400 Crore Bid For Talabira Power Plant

NLC India Ltd. awarded the contract for the Talabira Power Plant in Odisha worth Rs 19,400 crore to Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

BHEL was the only bidder in the last round of bidding for the three ultra supercritical units at Talabira, NLC India told NDTV Profit. A joint venture of Larsen & Toubro and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries did not participate in the last round, it said.

The contract for the project is being finalised and will be awarded in a month's time, the company said.

The Talabira project consists of three 800 MW ultra supercritical power projects. Coal to fuel the power plant will be sourced from the captive Talabira coal mines.