State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals has made announcement that the company has bagged Rs240-crore order for manufacturing and supplying transformers to Tata Power's power project in Gujarat.

According to the sources, the proposed contract has been placed by Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL), a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) by Tata Power, for the implementation of the 4,000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP).

The order also entails manufacture and supply of busducts for the power project. Busducts are designed for connecting the generator to the maintransformer.

In the past, Bhel has supplied transformers to all major utilities in the country including State Electricity Board, NTPC and Power Grid Corp.

On the export front, the company has supplied transformers to more than 20 countries including Greece, Egypt, Libya, Oman, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Zambia.