BHEL looking for technology provider to make heavy turbines

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is searching for a technology provider to manufacture heavy turbines for the Atomic Power Stations to come up in the wake of the US-Indo Civilian Nuclear agreement."We are holding talks with some Multi National Companies (MNCs) for the technical know-how to go in for production of heavy turbines at BHEL here," a top official told PTI."BHEL has plan to manufacture turbines for 700 and 1000 mega watt atomic power units in the country," he said.

After finalising the third party (technology provider), BHEL along with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) will ink the pact with it, the officer, who preferred anonymity, said.Besides turbines, BHEL Bhopal will try its hands at other equipment manufacturing for the atomic stations, the official said.He said that their city based unit was not new to manufacturing atomic power station turbines, adding that their Haridwar-based unit in the past had manufactured generators for the atomic power stations.