Under the contract, Alstom will deliver its four turbines of 205MW each and one turbine of 30MW to the plant, which will be commissioned in 2017.

The plant is being developed on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district.

Alstom India managing director & vice chairman Patrick Ledermann said that this contract is a testimony to the quality of the long standing relationship built over the last 15 years by Alstom and GVK.

"Alstom India is committed to provide sustainable and emission-free solutions for the development of India’s clean power generation capacity," Ledermann added.

Alstom will manufacture all these turbines at its plant in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat.