Alstom in India has secured
two strategic contracts for
the execution of turnkey station
control and instrumentation
for NTPC's 660-MW supercritical
projects for Solapur and
Mouda II located in Maharashtra.
These contracts worth close
to
55 crore (€8.4 million) have
been awarded to Power Automation
& Controls Business India.
The turnkey scope of the projects
cover a combined area of
complete station control with
ALSPA control systems, to be
manufactured in Alstom's stateof-
the-art manufacturing facilities
in India and Europe. While
the automation solutions for the
project will be integrated locally
by setting up a integration facility
in India, the electronic cards
and assemblies will be manufactured
by Alstom facilities in
Europe.
Alstom manages the complete
engineering, supply, manufacture,
delivery to site, installation,
commissioning, testing
and quality of the package.
As part of the PAC India R&D
setup, Alstom has established a
state-of-the-art large thermal
digital control system (DCS) reference
platform in India which
will ensure the smooth and efficient
functioning of the products.
The platform is run on a
24x7 basis to subject the system
to extreme conditions from a
process perspective and ensure
robustness of the product over
its lifecycle.
This is the biggest project for
Alstom in the control and instrumentation
segment in India and
also the first contract provided to
Alstom by NTPC in the C&I 660-
MW segment. As per the tender
conditions, PAC India is also
expected to get awarded an
additional order for three units
of 660 MW for the Nabinagar
site in Bihar.
With this contract, a new market
segment has opened up for
PAC India. Alstom PAC India
had collaborated with NTPC in
the past for projects in the cities
of Kawas and Gandhar.