New Delhi, February : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) built Kosti (UM DABAKER) Thermal Power Plant (4×125 MW), the largest thermal power plant of Sudan, was inaugurated by His Excellency Omer Hassan Ahmed El-Basheer, President of Sudan.
Mr. Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL and senior officials of the Govt. of Sudan, BHEL as well as the Indian Embassy in Sudan were present on the occasion.
Located in Kosti, Sudan, BHEL has executed this 500 MW project comprising 4 units of 125 MW each, on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis, having designed, manufactured, supplied and installed the complete power project including associated civil works.
Significantly, this is BHEL’s largest oil-fired thermal power plant in the overseas market and also BHEL’s first crude-oil fired thermal power plant in Africa. The project comes close on the heels of the successful completion of BHEL’s 28 MW Nyaborango Hydro project in Rwanda which was recently inaugurated by H.E., the President of Rwanda. In addition, BHEL has also recently commissioned 2×20 MW Steam Turbine and Generators for cogeneration application at Tendaho Sugar Factory in Ethiopia.
