State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd today announced the commissioning of a 500-MW thermal power unit in Jharkhand.

“(BHEL) has added another coal-based power plant to the grid by successfully commissioning a 500-MW thermal unit in Jharkhand,” the company said in a statement.

The unit has been commissioned at Bokaro Thermal Power-A Station of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis.

With this, BHEL has supplied 84 per cent of the total coal-based power generating capacity installed by DVC.

In Jharkhand, BHEL aims to contribute 87 per cent to the total installed power generating capacity of the state.

In addition, the company is executing a supercritical project of 3x660 MW rating at North Karanpura for NTPC in the state.

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