Three of these six orders worth INR7.41bn have been secured from the Gulf markets and the other orders worth INR4.4bn are for Indian projects. L&T has secured two orders from UAE. The first one is valued at INR2.65bn and has been received from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) for supply, installation, testing and commissioning 240km of 132kV extra high voltage (EHV) cabling.
Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC), an arm of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), has placed an EPC order on L&T valued at INR1bn for construction of power distribution network to Aryam Island, near Abu Dhabi city. This involves 17km of 33kV double circuit over head transmission line, 40km of MV cabling including protection, SCADA, DC system and other auxiliaries.
L&T’s Gulf operations business unit is currently executing twenty-four 132kV and 33kV rating substations in UAE. The third order valued at INR3.76bn has been secured by Larsen & Toubro (Oman), a joint venture company of L&T in Muscat, from Oman Electricity Transmission (OETC) for executing on EPC basis 200km of 220kV and 132kV double circuit overhead transmission lines and associated 220/132/33kV GIS substation.
In the domestic front, L&T has secured an order for INR2.46bn from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for the construction of 159km of Biswanath Chariyali – Tangla Section of ± 800kV HVDC Bipole Biswanath Chariyali – Agra transmission line system. This is L&T’s second ± 800kV HVDC line order secured from PGCIL for transfer of power from the North East to the Northern and Western parts of the country.
In addition, the company has secured an order worth INR1.2bn from Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for expansion of 4.5 MTPA Rourkela steel plant. The project involves design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of medium voltage substation with interplant cabling, SCADA including associated civil works.
