Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Country's largest power equipment maker, has received a contract worth Rs 2,500 crore from Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited, for supplying 800 MW supercritical boilers.

Under the deal, BHEL would set up 1,600 MW (2x800) steam generator at Krishnapatnam Power Project of Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Ltd, a joint venture of APGenco and ILFS.

The contract includes manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the steam generators and other aux iliaries like Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs).

The supercritical boilers would be manufactured by BHEL at its Tiruchirapalli unit, coal mills and ESPs would be supplied by the company's Hyderabad and Ranipet plants respectively.