Orders & Contracts

Ujaas Energy receives orders in Jharkhand

Ujaas Energy Ltd has reported the winning of two new orders in Jharkhand. In a stock exchange filing, the Indore-headquartered company said that Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency has placed a work order for installation of grid-connected rooftop solar photovoltaic plants for an aggregate capacity of 3.5 mw on turnkey basis for individual, commercial and industrial consumers in Jharkhand. The same agency has also mandated Ujaas on a project envisaging 5-mw worth of rooftop grid-connected solar plants on government buildings in Jharkhand.

GE T&D India’s order inflow nearly doubles in Q1FY18

A 765kV transformer by GE Grid Solutions

GE T&D India has reported new order inflows of Rs.15.8 billion (Rs.1,580 crore) during the first quarter (April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017) of FY18, the company said in a stock exchange filing. This was 99 per cent higher than (or nearly double) the comparable level of the same quarter in FY17.

A significant order included the 765kV GIS switchyard package at Jawaharpur in Uttar Pradesh. GE T&D India will also build a 765kV air-insulated substation and a 400kV GIS substation at Obra, also in Uttar Pradesh. Jawaharpur and Obra are sites for two 2×660-mw supercritical coal-fired power plants being built by state power utility Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL.) The contracts were placed on GE T&D India by Doosan Power Systems India Pvt Ltd, the main EPC contractor for the two power plants.

In Uttar Pradesh itself, GE T&D India clinched the mandate for electrical balance of plant (eBOP) for the 3×660-mw Ghatampur thermal power project that is being developed by a joint venture between Central PSU NLC India (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation) and the Uttar Pradesh state power utility UPRVUNL.

The list of orders for GE T&D India also includes the supply of a 765kV AIS substation at Warangal in Telangana. The equipment will be part of a mega transmission project being implemented by Warora Kurnool Transmission Ltd (a subsidiary of Essel Infraprojects Ltd) under the tariff-based competitive bidding basis. The order was placed by the project EPC contractor Essel Mumbai WTR Pvt Ltd, which according to information available to T&D India, is a joint venture between Essel Group and Chattrapati Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd.

GE T&D India’s outstanding order book stood at around Rs.8,420 crore as of June 30, 2017, the stock exchange filing said.

Alfanar Group picks Suzlon for maiden project in India

Alfanar Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Riyadh-based Alfanar Group, has placed an order on Suzlon Group for the supply of 24 units of Suzlon’s S111-90m wind turbine generators, each with a rated capacity of 2.1 mw.

These turbines will be deployed for a 50.4-mw wind power project at an undisclosed location in India, representing Alfanar first renewable energy project in the subcontinent. The project is scheduled for commissioning by March 2018.

Alfanar Energy is eyeing the Indian market as an independent power producer in the renewable energy space. The group has allocated resources for setting up 2.2 GWs of renewable energy projects in the next five years and will focus on wind, solar (PV and CSP) and biomass primarily in MENA, India and Southern Africa.

Suzlon will execute the entire project on a turnkey basis and will also provide operation and maintenance services. The project has the potential to provide power to over 27,000 households and reduce 0.10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum.

KEC wins orders worth Rs.1,845 crore

KEC International Ltd has secured new orders of Rs.1,845 crore, the RPG Group company said in a release.

The power transmission and distribution (T&D) business has secured orders of Rs.1,684 crore in India and the Americas.  These include: (1) an EPC order for construction of 765kV and 400kV transmission Lines from an unnamed TBCB developer in western and southern India. (2) a turnkey order for construction of a 400kV transmission line in south India from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (3)  an order for construction of 400kV and 220kV substations in south India for the Yettinahole integrated water project (4) various supply orders in Americas.

The cables business (formerly RPG Cables) has also secured various supply/EPC orders of Rs.161 crore, the release added.

“The order book in our core T&D Business has strengthened significantly with the above order wins. Overall, we have a very strong order book and a healthy L1 position,” commented Vimal Kejriwal, MD & CEO, KEC International Ltd.

IL&FS Engineering wins electrification contracts

IL&FS Engineering & Construction Company Ltd (IL&FS Engineering Services) has received the letters of intent, worth Rs.237 crore, from Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd (JBVNL) under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS). The first LOI relates to urban electrification works of Dhanbad Electric Supply Circle of JBVNL covering two towns (Dhanbad & Chirkunda) in Dhanbad district, for a contract price of Rs 126.38 crore. The second is for urban electrification works of Dumka-Sahibganj Electric Supply Circle of JBVNL covering seven towns (Dumka, Sahibganj, Mihijam, Pakur, Rajmahal, Jamtara and Basukinath) spead over Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur districts in Jharkhand for a contract price of Rs 110.38 crore. The completion schedule for both the contracts is 24 months.