SEPTEMBER 20238TOP STORIESBHEL BAGS ORDER FROM NHPC FOR THE DIBANG MULTIPURPOSE PROJECTS & THE HYDRO PROJECTR K SINGH: INDIA TO BECOME GREEN FUEL DESTINATION FOR SHIPPING SECTORThe 2,880 MW Dibang multipurpose project in Arunachal Pradesh has received an order from NHPC, according to the state-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). According to a statement from BHEL, the project's electro-mechanical (E&M) work order was won after a competitive international bid process."BHEL's scope under the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the electro-mechanical package including Turbines, Generators, Digital Governing Systems, Static Excitation Systems, Transformers, Bus Reactors, Gas Insulated Switchgear, Outdoor Pot Yard & Switchyard Equipment and Electrical & Mechanical BoPs,".Design, engineering, production, supply, construction, and commissioning of the E&M package are all included in BHEL's scope of work under the contract. Major project components will be produced at BHEL plants in Bhopal, Bengaluru, Jhansi, and Rudrapur, while the company's power sector - eastern region division, based in Kolkata, will handle on-site execution activities. The union government wants to turn India into a major source of environmentally friendly hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol for the shipping industry. According to R K Singh, the union minister for electricity, new, and renewable energy, India would offer these environmentally friendly fuels at the lowest prices."Shipping will become green within the next ten years, therefore we must be ready. We need to become the green ships' preferred place to refuel. That is our goal. Additionally, to give them green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol at the most affordable prices," Singh said during a seminar on green hydrogen held by NTPC.Singh, the Centre would launch pilot projects for the storage of green ammonia and green hydrogen for continuous renewable energy. It will cost between Rs. 4.25 and Rs. 5.50 if we have continuous renewable energy using green hydrogen or ammonia storage. Companies that can use green hydrogen or ammonia have already produced turbines; the emphasis now is on duplicating these pilot projects on a bigger scale, according to the minister.
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