GE Steam Power signs $165 million deal with BHEL to supply 3 nuclear steam turbines

21 Jun 2022 , 12:54 PM

A company statement from GE Steam Power was given on Tuesday stating that it has signed a USD 165 million deal with the government-run engineering firm, BHEL. The deal is for 3 nuclear steam turbines.

The company statement said, GE Steam Power has signed a USD 165 million contract with BHEL for the procurement of three nuclear steam turbines out of six units for NPCIL’s domestic nuclear program- phase 1 being developed at Gorakhpur, Haryana (units – 1 to 4 (GHAVP)) and Kaiga (Kaiga-5&6) Karnataka.

This domestic program comprises 12 units of 700 MWe being established by NPCIL with their own nuclear reactor technology i.e., Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR). In total, it will denote 8.4GW of CO2-free electricity for the country, enough to supply 14 million homes with electricity, it stated.

In 2018, GE and BHEL had inked a business cooperation agreement and a License and Technology Transfer Agreement to enable them to manufacture nuclear steam turbines of 700 MW.

The two companies are well-placed to fulfill the nation’s needs for a lower carbon source of energy. Supporting the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” initiative launched by the government of India, GE will manufacture the nuclear steam turbines at its factory in Sanand, Gujarat.

These turbines are being planned and manufactured with an enhanced design for greater output that will meet the requirements of the customer i.e., BHEL. GE is a global leader with more than 50% of the world’s nuclear steam plants utilizing its technology.