India’s top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that its Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical has secured major orders – valued in the range of USD 292 mln to USD 583 mln – from its prime GCC market including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait as well as local projects.
Confirming the significant orders, L&T said the PT&D unit has clinched an order from Saudi Arabia for a 380kV substation which will facilitate evacuation of solar generation, while in Dubai, it won orders for establishing a set of EHV substations including a 400/132kV unit.
Several substations are being added to Dubai’s power transmission infrastructure in a bid to cater to the growing energy demand, it stated.
In Kuwait, the L&T unit has snapped up a 400kV substation order as part of a city project.
