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Larsen & Toubro wins HVDC order in Saudi Arabia

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Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has reported the winning of several orders in the power T&D business, including a mandate to build an HVDC transmission line in Saudi Arabia.

In a release, L&T said that its Power Transmission & Distribution (PTD) business has secured new orders in India and abroad.

 

Domestic orders

On the domestic front, the Business has won an order to implement SCADA/DMS and related IT infrastructure for urban area power distribution systems in central Gujarat. The scope also involves information storage & retrieval, front end processing, outage management, network management, dispatcher training simulation, local data monitoring etc. with the requisite security systems.

Another order has been secured to build a 400kV double-circuit transmission line in Jharkhand. The 133-km line is associated with the evacuation of power from a generating station, the release said.

 

Overseas orders

In the Middle East, the PTD Business has received an order for construction of a ±525kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission segment. This link is part of a large capacity, voltage source converter (VSC)-based HVDC system that connects Neom Industrial City and Yanbu city in western Saudi Arabia.

In the Sarawak region of Malaysia, the Business, in consortium, has bagged an order to establish a 275kV substation. Once completed, the project will help improve power supply reliability in major load centers on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo.

Also read: Larsen & Toubro Wins RDSS Orders In Rajasthan

Order value

The aggregate value of these orders, though not specified, is understood to be in the range of Rs.1,000 crore to Rs.2,500 crore.

 

Featured photograph showing an HVDC terminal is for representation only.

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