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Toshiba JSW Turbine &
Generator Pvt Ltd, a 75:25 joint
venture between Japan-based
Toshiba Corporation and India's
leading conglomerate JSW Group,
inaugurated its supercritical steam
turbine-generator manufacturing
facility in Chennai on February 12,
2012. The plant was inaugurated at
the hands of Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister Ms J. Jayalalithaa.
The new manufacturing facility
will produce high-efficiency steam
turbines and generators for
supercritical thermal power plants, in
capacities ranging from 500 mw and
1,000 mw. The plant's annual
production capacity, currently at
around 3,000 mw, will be doubled to
6,000 mw by March 2015. It will form
a major manufacturing hub serving
the global markets, alongside
Toshiba's manufacturing base in
Japan, a statement from Toshiba
Corporation observed. Export
destinations will include Middle East
and Southeast Asia.
Construction of the
manufacturing facility with a floor
area of around 60,000 sqm
commenced in February 2010 on a
400,000 sqm plot close to Ennore in
Chennai. Toshiba has so far invested
Rs.650 crore in the project. The plant
includes a blade manufacturing shop
that was completed in January 2011
and now produces specialized
turbine blades.
Itaru Ishibashi, Managing Director
of Toshiba JSW Turbine and
Generator Pvt Ltd, said: "Toshiba JSW
will manufacture steam turbines and
generators for leading edge thermal
power plants, and by doing so will
contribute to the development of
India's power industry. The support
we have received from the
government and local community
gives me every confidence for the long
term success of Toshiba JSW."
The Indian power generation
equipment market is expected to see a
demand growth of more than 16,000
mw per year in the decade from 2007
to 2017, the Toshiba said. Coal-fired
thermal power projects will account
for over 60 percent of this projected
capacity growth. The global market is
also expected to see continued
growth in demand for thermal power
generation equipment in growing
markets, to about 84,000 mw per year
by 2020.
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