Mumbai, Sep 24 (Inditop.com) Construction and engineering firm Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Thursday said it has received an order worth over Rs.2,000 crore from GMR Energy for setting up a gas-based power plant in Andhra Pradesh.
As a part of the order, L&T will design and manufacture critical equipment like heat recovery steam generators, switchgear and cooling towers for the for the 2×384 MW gas-based power plant at Vemagiri, the company said in a regulatory statement.
The project is expected to be completed in the 11th Plan that ends in 2012.
L&T’s subsidiary — L&T-Sargent and Lundy that is engaged in power plant engineering and designing — will carry out the plant integration and detailed engineering work.
The construction, installation, commissioning and project management will be done by L&T.
Earlier, L&T had set up a similar plant of 388.5 MW for the GMR group at the same location that was commissioned in 2006.