Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) as signed a technology collaboration agreement (TCA) with HLB Power, Republic of Korea for in-house design and manufacture of large size gates and dampers for use in coal fired power plants, to be commissioned with high capacity emission control equipment.

BHEL has been supplying conventional gates and dampers manufactured at its Boiler Auxiliaries Plant, Ranipet for over three decades. This TCA will help in establishing the capability for in-house design, manufacture and testing of very large size gates and dampers.

Reaffirming its commitment towards a better environment, BHEL is contemplating to manufacture and supply locally engineered and manufactured emission control equipment for Indian thermal power plants to meet the Environment Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015 notified by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change.