New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said on Monday it had commissioned a second 660 MW power project for NTPC in Bihar, taking the power generation capacity in the state to 1,320 MW.

"The second 660 MW unit has been commissioned by BHEL at the Barh Supercritical Thermal Power Project (TPP) Stage II of NTPC Ltd in Bihar," the company said in a statement.

The key equipment for the project were manufactured in its Haridwar, Trichy, Hyderabad and Bengaluru units, while the construction of the plant was undertaken by the company's eastern region.

"To keep abreast with the latest technologies, BHEL has already taken up the indigenous development of the Advanced Ultra Supercritical (AUSC) technology with NTPC and IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) which will result in a further reduction of about 11 percent in coal consumption and carbon-dioxide emission," it said.

In November 2014, the equipment producer had commissioned the first plant of a similar capacity.

"The commissioning of the two 660 MW units at Barh TPP Stage II has been a major breakthrough for the country in achieving self reliance in the field of contemporary, state-of-the-art supercritical technology," the company said.

The company is presently executing orders for 36 sets of supercritical boilers and 31 sets of supercritical turbine generators, which are in various stages of execution.

"These orders include orders from central (government) and state sectors as well as private sectors," it said.

According to BHEL, super-critical units are more efficient, consume lesser coal and are eco-friendly.