17 May, 2011

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) said it has bagged an order worth Rs. 3,500 crore from Chennai-based PPN Power Generating Company Limited to set up a gas-based power plant in Tamil Nadu for setting up a 3×360 MW gas-based power plant at Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu state. The three new units will come up as an expansion project in the same location where PPN Power Generating Company Limited has been operating a 330.5 MW combined cycle power plant since the year 2001.L&T’s scope of work includes design, detailed engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the complete power plant on a turnkey basis. The plant will incorporate 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 the pro-priety technology of Sargent & Lundy LLC, USA. L&T will design and manufacture critical equipment for the plant, like the heat recovery steam generator, de-aerator, condenser, cooling tower, switchgear and valves. Project management, construction, installation & commissioning will also be carried out by L&T. This project will be executed by the gas-based power projects business unit of L&T Power, based in Baroda.