L&T wins key substation orders
India, Mumbai: India's conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced winning major orders in the Gulf region.
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India, Mumbai: India’s conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced winning major orders in the Gulf region.
The orders include a 380 kV overhead transmission line and substations in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, as well as in India.
An order has been secured to provide a dynamic reactive power compensator system at a 220 kV substation in Abu Dhabi. To enhance the grid stability and provide voltage support, specialized equipment such as statcoms/SVCs are deployed in substations, says in a statement from L&T.
The scope of this package includes related protection, substation control and monitoring system (SCMS), 220 kV cables and associated civil, mechanical, and electrical works.
Further in the Middle East region, the business has also won orders to construct 380 kV overhead transmission lines, 132 kV network connections and to establish a 400 kV substation.
In India, it has bagged orders to create power distribution infrastructure in two circle areas of the southern city of Bengaluru.
The Kuwait 400/132/11 kV substation contract is worth $51 M (KD 15.4 M) and the scope of works for L&T unit includes design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning and maintenance of 400/132/11 kV substations within the residential city.
Source: Trade Arabia
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