L&T has secured a Crore order from the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd for setting up a 2 x 660MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project on a complete EPC Engineering Procurement & Construction basis. The order involves design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two coal-fired thermal units of 660MW each with supercritical parameters at Chhabra in Baran District in Rajasthan.
This is India’s first complete EPC order for 2x660MW supercritical units placed by a state utility on the private sector. The contract was won following international competitive bidding, involving several bidders. The project has a stringent completion schedule of 42 months for Unit 1 and 45 months for Unit 2.
The Rajasthan order comes as L&T enters the advanced execution phase of several large supercritical thermal power projects. These include complete projects being built on an EPC basis as well as boiler turbine generator units and Balance of Plant packages. With this contract, L&T now has orders for supply and installation of 26 Supercritical Steam Generators and Steam Turbine Generators of 660 MW, 700 MW and 800MW.
L&T’s advanced manufacturing plants in Hazira, Surat are among the world’s largest integrated facilities for power plant equipment. The company has JV with global leader Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan for the manufacture of supercritical boilers and turbines.