Construction Industry News
Larsen &Toubro's (L&T) Power Transmission &Distribution business has won EPC orders in India and abroad. India has taken up major transmission system expansion works to integrate renewable energy (RE) projects into RE potential zones in Gujarat and to evacuate power from solar zones in Rajasthan.
The company has secured ready-made packages related to these works to establish more than 365km of 765kV dual circuit transmission lines. The transmission line segment in Rajasthan will facilitate the evacuation of solar energy from the Ramgarh, Fategarh and Bhadla complexes to various beneficiaries. The Gujarat connection is part of the network expansion to integrate the Khavda RE potential zone. Through an already existing connection, the upcoming line will enable the transfer of power from Rajasthan to Gujarat during a high-availability renewable energy scenario.
The business has secured another order to develop distribution infrastructure in a district of Chhattisgarh under the revamped, reforms-based and results-linked distribution sector (RDSS) scheme. The scope of work includes loss reduction works including GIS asset mapping. Such loss reduction works comprise feeder segregation/ bifurcation, overload mitigation, high voltage distribution and armored cabling.
Abroad, the company has been commissioned to build a 380kV substation with associated transmission interconnections in Saudi Arabia. In line with its National Renewable Energy Programme, the Kingdom is focusing on increasing the share of renewable generation in its energy mix.
It has won a contract to build 275kV &132kV transmission lines in the east coast of peninsular Malaysia.
Additional orders have been won in the ongoing substation and transmission line works in India and the Far East.
T Madhava Das, whole-time director and senior executive VP (utilities), said, “The logical next step after 100% electrification is to modernize our distribution systems with smart & intelligent elements. We are happy to contribute to this front by combining our physical infrastructure creation and digital energy solution capabilities. It is also heartening to facilitate evacuation and integration of renewable energy across multiple countries through timely and safe construction of high capacity transmission systems to speed up global energy transition.”
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