GE Power India Ltd has been awarded four orders by NTPC Ltd to supply and install wet FGD (flue gas desulphurization) systems for a combined value of Rs.1,783 crore ($247 million). The four power plant projects are:
KEC International Ltd. a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company, has secured new turnkey orders of Rs. 1,159 crore in its power transmission & distribution (T&D) business across India, Africa, Oceania and Americas.
Transrail Lighting Ltd has received its maiden EPC order from The Middle East, a company statement said.
Thyssenkrupp recently won a contract from Doosan Power Systems India (DPSI) to supply material handling plants for two thermal power projects in Uttar Pradesh.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has awarded twin boiler equipment orders to GE Power’s Steam Power business for supercritical thermal power projects at Patratu in Jharkhand and Udangudi in Tamil Nadu, at a combined order value of $72.4 million. GE Power India Ltd has a share of $68.3 million or 94 per cent in this order.
Essel Infraprojects Ltd has bagged three waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in the cities of Kadapa, Anantpur and T.P Gudem of Andhra Pradesh. EIL has awarded the contract to Hitachi Zosen India Pvt Ltd for delivery of the projects.
Sterlite Power has received an order of $47 million from GS Group of South Korea for supply of the high-performance conductor (ACCC). The ACCC (aluminium core carbon composite) will be used for a new 400kV transmission line across a route length of 169-km on a Power Grid Company of Bangladesh project, a release from Sterlite Power said.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received an EPC order from Sembcorp Green Infra Ltd to build a 300-mw wind farm in Gujarat. The order, of unspecified value, also involves maintenance of the asset for a 10-year period. The project is scheduled for completion by April 2019. The wind farm will be connected to India’s Interstate Transmission System (ISTS) and supply power to multiple states.
In a span of less than a week, Bajaj Electricals has announced the winning of electrification orders worth nearly Rs.6,000 crore. These orders involving rural and urban electrification will be implemented in Uttar Pradesh. Both the orders are part of the national household electrification scheme, Saubhagya.
ABB India, in a statement, said that its order inflow in the fourth quarter (October-December) of 2017 grew year-on-year by 44 per cent. Likewise, orders in 2017 as a whole were up 19 per cent.