BL reported that Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and Italian power major Ansaldo are in the race for supplying boilers to Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s Tuticorin project. The value of the order would be around INR 1,300 crore.

As per report, a JV of Neyveli Lignite Corporation and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation is investing INR 4,950 crore in the 1,000 MW, coal fired thermal project.

The value of boilers and turbines for the project works out to around INR 2,200 crore. NLC invited expression of interest for each equipment. BHEL was the sole respondent for supplying the turbines, whose value would be around INR 900 crore.

Mr S Jayaraman CMD of Neyveli Lignite said that the project would not use supercritical boilers, which, though costlier, are said to be more energy efficient. He added that the Tuticorin project is NLC’s first foray into coal fired power plant and as such the company would not like to go in for the super critical.