BHEL signs pact for setting up renewable projects in Yemen

The plant will have three units, each having a generation capacity of 660 MW

GN Bureau | May 1, 2014



State-run BHEL has inked an initial agreement with the government of Yemen for setting up solar power projects in the Gulf nation.

The MoU has been signed by B Prasada Rao, chairman and managing director, BHEL and Saleh Hassan Sumie, the minister of electricity and energy, republic of Yemen. BHEL is presently executing a 400 MW gas turbine based power plant, Marib Phase-II, in Yemen.

The plant will have three units, each having a generation capacity of 660 MW. BHEL's scope of work, in the assignment, involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, construction, erection, testing and commissioning for the EPC package.

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