BHEL, the state owned power equipment maker has commissioned a 250-mw eco-friendly unit.
It has said in a statement that the lignite-based thermal unit, based on circulating fluidised bed combustion (CFBC) technology, is the second such facility to be commissioned at Bhavnagar Energy Company’s (BECL) 2×250 me thermal power project at Padva in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.
As per the statement, the first unit of the project, has been commissioned earlier in May 2016.
The project has been based on CFBC technology, an enviornment friendly one to utilise India’s large resource of low grade, high moisture lignite.