New Delhi: BHEL has recorded the highest-ever commissioning of projects in its history and achieved the highest order book in the last five years in fiscal 2015-16.
According to a company statement, it has commissioned/synchronised 15,059 MW of power generating equipment during the year. With this, the global installed base of power generating equipment supplied by BHEL has exceeded 170 GW.
This includes the highest-ever power generation capacity addition of 13,061 MW to the Indian utility segment, a quantum jump of 59 per cent over the previous year. “Notably, the capacity addition of domestic utility sets is 23 per cent higher than the target set by the government for BHEL. With this, BHEL has already achieved 94 per cent of the capacity addition target for the 12th Plan in first four years itself,” the statement said. Despite intense competition, BHEL said it achieved a 42 per cent growth in order book over the previous year at Rs 43,727 crore — the highest in five years.
