L&T has bagged “significant” EPC orders, order value ranging between INR 1000 crores to INR 2500 crores, to develop power transmission and distribution infrastructure, for Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh-based RE zones, and Rajasthan discom.

March 31, 2023

Larsen and Toubro Construction has won “significant” EPC orders for power transmission and distribution projects, as announced by L&T. While the group did not announce order value, it classifies order value ranging between INR 1000 crores to INR 2500 crores as “significant”.

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The orders include various government-backed projects, such as Khavda Renewable Energy (RE) Zone in Gujarat, wherein L&T will develop 765kV and 400kV gas-insulated pooling substations. The company will also develop 765kV gas-insulated and air-insulated substations, pooling and remote-end, for Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, based RE as well.

L&T will have to develop over 7 kilometers of gas-insulated bus ducts, bus reactors, and protection and automation systems to serve the RE orders. RE zones are solar and wind energy generation parks, housing a number of projects backed by different developers, where power is collected at pooling substations, which transmit the same to nationwide, or statewide, grids. The projects are housed in contiguous land pockets, replicating agricultural farms.

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L&T’s power transmission and distribution EPC orders also include the development of distribution infrastructure for Rajasthan’s discom network.