Bhel commissions Sudan’s largest power project

State-owned power equipment maker Bhel on Wednesday said it has commissioned Sudan's largest power plant. Bhel has executed this project on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. It has designed, manufactured, supplied and installed the complete power project (4 units of 125 MW each) including associated civil works.

"Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (<g data-gr-id="27">Bhel</g>) has added another feather in its cap by successfully commissioning the 500 MW Kosti Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Sudan. Significantly, Kosti TPS (4x125 MW) is now Sudan?s largest Power Plant," Bhel said in a release. 

The project uses crude oil from South Sudan as fuel, for which <g data-gr-id="25">Bhel</g> has designed special boilers. All the major equipment for the project -- boilers, <g data-gr-id="26">steam-turbines</g>, generators, Controls & Instrumentation (C&I), transformers -- have been manufactured in-house. The company has also constructed a canal from the White Nile River to supply water for the project. 

The project is funded by the India's Line of Credit of $350 million. The Kosti plant is <g data-gr-id="21">Bhel’s</g> largest oil-fired thermal power plant in the overseas market. It is also <g data-gr-id="22">Bhel’s</g> first crude <g data-gr-id="23">oil fired</g> thermal power plant in Africa.