BHEL to set up power plant in LIbya

New Delhi: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Monday said it has secured a Rs 650-crore order for setting up a 300-MW gas turbine-based power plant in Libya.

The order, to be executed on engineering, procurement and construction basis, has been placed by General Electricity Company of Libya for expansion of the 600 MW Western Mountain Power Project, BHEL said in a statement.

The present contract for extension of Western Mountain Power Project envisages setting up two gas-turbine units of 150 MW each. The equipment for the 300-MW order would be supplied from BHEL’s manufacturing facilities at Haridwar, Bhopal, Jhansi, Bangalore, Chennai and Ranipet, the company said.