History of BHEL

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  • BHEL manufactured supplied & commissioned 1st Hydro Generating set for 3x33 MW Obra Power House in Uttar Pradesh in 1970
  • BHEL is a leader in India’s Hydro Segment with over 5 decades of experience with portfolio of over 400 hydroelectric sets commissioned in India.
  • BHEL is the largest manufacturer and supplier of power transformers and electrical AC machines in the country.
  • BHEL Indigenously developed the first ever highest horse power 3 phase asynchronous traction motor type 1192 KW for 9000 HP Electric Locomotive at Bhopal.
  • BHEL has successfully commissioned country’s one of the largest Ultra Filtration based Raw Water Treatment Plant(RWTP) of 4000 m3/hr capacity at Dahej, Gujarat for ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL)
  • BHEL is the only Indian Company to have supplied Turbines for Indian Nuclear Power Plants.
  • India’s largest single order in Nuclear Segment till date for Indigenously developed Nuclear Power Plants has been placed on BHEL by NPCIL for the construction of 6x700 MWe TG Island on EPC basis.
  • BHEL was conferred with prestigious “Skoch Award” under category “Top Corporate Excellence Projects in India” for executing 1 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with three different battery chemistries at its R&D Centre, Hyderabad.
  • BHEL bagged its maiden order for cumulative 410 kWh Battery Energy Storage System to be deployed in NCT of Delhi - First of its kind tender requiring integration of BESS at the distribution level.
  • Quality Circle concept was first introduced by BHEL, Ramachandrapuram Hyderabad Unit in the year 1981 in India based on success of Quality Circles in Japan.

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