BHEL designs, engineers, manufactures, erects, commissions and services industrial and infrastructure equipment. Its operations are broadly divided between the Power and Industry segments.
The company operates 16 manufacturing facilities across India, including major complexes at:
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Tiruchirappalli – boilers and boiler components
Hyderabad – turbines, compressors and heavy power equipment
Jhansi – transformers and railway equipment
Bengaluru – electronics, transportation systems, solar and space equipment
Ranipet – boiler auxiliaries
Visakhapatnam – heavy plates and vessels
Thirumayam – power-plant piping
BHEL has supplied more than 197 GW of power-generating equipment worldwide and has supplied equipment representing a substantial share of India's installed utility-scale thermal, hydro and nuclear generating capacity.
Renewable energy and emerging technologies
BHEL's renewable-energy activities include solar photovoltaic plants, floating solar systems, battery energy-storage systems, electric-vehicle charging equipment and emerging hydrogen technologies.
In July 2026, BHEL entered into a strategic collaboration with thyssenkrupp nucera India for phased localisation and manufacture of alkaline electrolyser systems for green-hydrogen projects in India.
Coal gasification
BHEL has developed technology for gasification of high-ash Indian coal.
In January 2026, BHEL received an approximately ₹5,400 crore (US$560 million) contract from Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited, a joint venture between Coal India and BHEL, for a coal-gasification and raw-syngas-cleaning plant at Jharsuguda, Odisha.
Research and development
BHEL operates its Corporate Research and Development centre in Hyderabad and research groups within its manufacturing divisions.
Its research areas include power electronics, electric machines, advanced materials, surface engineering, computational fluid dynamics, intelligent machines and robotics, high-voltage engineering, nanotechnology and clean-energy systems.
BHEL's current corporate profile states that it maintains 15 Centres of Excellence and five specialised research centres.
Manufacturing facilities
Major manufacturing locations include Haridwar, Bhopal, Tiruchirappalli, Hyderabad, Jhansi, Bengaluru, Ranipet, Visakhapatnam, Thirumayam, Jagdishpur and Goindwal.
The Haridwar complex manufactures large turbines, generators and naval gun systems, while the Tiruchirappalli units manufacture boilers, pressure components and nuclear steam generators.
BHEL Jhansi manufactures transformers and railway equipment, and the company's Bengaluru operations manufacture electronics, propulsion systems, solar equipment and space-grade electrical systems.
International operations
BHEL has executed projects and supplied equipment across more than 90 countries on all six inhabited continents.
Its overseas activities include power-generation equipment, transmission systems, industrial equipment, renovation and modernisation projects, and engineering services.
