Current Affairs - State - Discussion

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) commissioned the first lignite-based 500 MW thermal unit of the 2x500 MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Project in Tamil Nadu. The country's first lignite-fired 500 MW power plant, but also its highest-rated pulverized lignite-fired thermal unit commissioned. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) The plant is based on the Once-Through and Tower Type Boiler design adopted for the first time in the country for a lignite-based thermal unit.