State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed an MoU with a Russian company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan. BHEL is mainly engaged in manufacturing of power plant equipment like gas turbines, steam turbines, hydro turbines and boilers. BHEL has a wide experience in construction of power plants in India and overseas. BHEL is currently operating 23 major projects in 16 countries and has a presence in more than 75 countries.
The MoU’s main objective is to set forth a path to combine BHEL’s competence in design and manufacturing of power plants and INTMA’s strength in handling Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts.
INTMA
- INTMA is the leading general EPC contractors in Russia and Kazakhstan.
- The company has wide experience in industrial construction, renovation of facilities, automation and other energy related sectors.
Tidbits
- Kazakhstan is the World’s largest landlocked country by land area and 9th largest country.
- The Capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. Currency is Tenge.
- The current President of Kazakhstan is Nursultan Nazarbayev. The current Prime Minister is Karim Massimov.
- Kazakhstan was the last country of the Soviet republics to declare independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
