L&T construction secures orders for its transmission and distribution business

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured orders across its transmission & distribution business.

The company has secured two EPC orders to establish over 400 MW of solar photovoltaic projects in Gujarat. The scope of these packages involves design, engineering, supply, construction, testing, commissioning and operation & maintenance of grid connected solar PV plants of about 200 MW each. A 765 kV double circuit transmission line package has also been received through a project specific transmission company. This line is associated with the transmission scheme for evacuation of power from solar energy zones in Rajasthan. In West Bengal, orders have been received to supply and install high voltage distribution systems in certain districts on a turnkey mode. The company has won a 400 kV substation order in Tamil Nadu. The scope of the package involves establishing a complete substation including associated transformers, reactors, switchgear, control & protection, substation automation systems, etc. Further, in Qatar, the business has won an order to install line connected current limiting reactors for the first time in the country’s network.