Rs 21,000-cr stimulus for power equipment sector
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi March 2, 2009, 0:31 IST

Bulk order for supercritical equipment open to companies with domestic manufacturing facilities.

In what would provide a major stimulus to the domestic power equipment sector, a bulk order for supercritical power equipment worth an estimated Rs 21,000 crore is likely to be thrown open for bidding later this month, officials said.

Only companies with domestic manufacturing facilities are eligible to bid since the aim is to boost domestic capabilities of manufacturing supercritical equipment which typically delivers more power per unit of coal.

The order bunches together demand of nine units from NTPC, the country’s largest power generator, and two units for Damodar Valley Corporation of 660 Mw each.

The bidding will be for the main plant equipment (boiler-turbine-generator). Balance plant equipment (like coal handling plants and ash handling plants) worth Rs 15,000 crore will need to be ordered separately. The total value of the orders will thus be over Rs 36,000 crore.