Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has bagged an order valued at Rs.1,600 crore for setting up a coal-based thermal power project in Odisha in international competitive bidding. The 1 x 250 MW coal-based thermal unit will be set up at Rourkela Power Project on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) basis. The order for the stage-III of the brownfield power project, located in Rourkela district of Odisha, has been placed on BHEL by NTPC-SAIL Power Company Private Limited (NSPCL), a joint venture of NTPC and SAIL, according to a BHEL press release. The key equipment for the contract will be manufactured at BHEL’s Tiruchi, Haridwar, Bhopal, Ranipet, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Tirumayam and Bengaluru plants while the company's Power Sector division would be responsible for civil works, erection and commissioning of the equipment. BHEL had earlier executed the coal-based 2x250 MW Bhilai Expansion power plant for NSPCL, the release added. Commissioned Another BHEL release said that the company has commissioned a 660 MW supercritical thermal unit in Maharashtra. The unit has been commissioned at Mouda Super Thermal Power Station (STPS) at Mouda in Nagpur district. The order for setting up two coal-based thermal units of 660 MW was placed on BHEL by NTPC Ltd. While the first unit has been commissioned, work on the other 660 MW unit is also in an advanced stage. BHEL had earlier set up two units of 500 MW each at Mouda STPS, which are in operation.