Larsen & Toubro has received an order valued over
3,500 crore from
PPN Power Generating Company Ltd based in Chennai for setting up
a 3x360-mw gas-based power plant at village Pillaiperumalnallur in
Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, on EPC basis. The order was
bagged by L&T in competition with domestic and international players.
The three new units will come up as an expansion project in the
same location where PPN Power is currently operating a 330.5-mw
combined cycle
power plant since the
year 2001. L&T's
scope includes
design, detailed
engineering, supply,
installation and
commissioning of the
complete power plant
on a turnkey basis. The
plant will incorporate
state-of-art advanced class gas turbines and high-efficiency steam
turbines from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, which will be
procured by L&T.
L&T-Sargent and Lundy, a subsidiary of L&T, will carry out the plant
integration and detailed engineering, using propriety technology of
Sargent & Lundy LLC, USA. L&T will design and manufacture critical
equipment for the plant, like heat recovery steam generator, deaerator,
condenser, cooling tower, switchgear and valves. Project
management, construction, installation and commissioning will
also be carried out by L&T.