Two joint venture partnerships established by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and India’s Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have achieved success with the receipt of major orders from India.
Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JVPL) has placed an order for two supercritical pressure coal-fired boiler units and two steam turbine-generator sets for a power plant that it is building in Nigrie, in India’s Madhya Pradesh state. The orders will be handled by L&T MHI Boilers Private Limited (LMBPL) and L&T MHI Turbine Generators Private Limited (LMTGPL), joint ventures established by MHI and L&T in 2007.
The equipment will be installed in Units 1 and 2 of the new power plant, which is expected to help ease electricity shortages in Madhya Pradesh. Delivery of both sets is slated for the fiscal year ending March 2012.
LMBPL and LMTGPL operate under technology licensing from MHI and are a core part of the Japanese firm’s strategy to strengthen its presence in rapidly-growing overseas power markets. The boilers for JVPL’s new plant will be the first to be produced by LMBPL.
MHI says that it will supply core boiler components to LMBPL, which will undertake boiler assembly. For the steam turbine-generator sets, MHI and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will manufacture and supply core components to LMTGPL, which will undertake assembly and delivery.
