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.
