Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) will establish a greenfield thermal power plant of 2,400 MW capacity in Odisha's Jharsuguda district.

NLC India Limited, a Navaratna company under the Ministry of Coal, has awarded the EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contract to BHEL to set the 2,400 MW capacity (3x800 MW-stage I) after inviting competitive tenders, it said.

The contract scope to BHEL includes engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection and commissioning of equipment such as boilers, turbines and generators for the plant, the statement said.

For the thermal project, coal linkage is available from Talabira II and III mines of NLCIL.