GE Power bags 309-cr contract from NTPC

Hyderabad: The GE Power India Ltd has been awarded a contract worth Rs 309 crore ($47.50 million) by the NTPC Ltd. As part of the contract, GE Power will install Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system at Phase-I (2X800 MW) of its Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) in Telangana.

This is the first standalone FGD order for GE in the country since the notification of new emission norms for thermal power plants by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CC) in December 2015. 

This award reinforces GE's commitment towards providing clean power solutions to the country, said GE Power in a release on Tuesday.    

Andrew H DeLeone, Managing Director, GE Power India Ltd, said: “Given that coal is and will remain the energy mainstay for India in the times to come, it is imperative that the country upgrades its thermal fleet with higher efficiency, cleaner technology. Technologies such as FGD can play a significant role in controlling emissions from coal-based plants by reducing the SOx content in exit flue gas to the lowest levels anywhere in the world.” 

The Wet FGD system will have a wet limestone-based open spray tower type design, comprising of an absorber system, slurry preparation and dewatering system. The FGD package will be installed in a period of 30 months for Unit-1 and 36 months for Unit-2 from the date of contract.

Following the emission norms for SOx control issued by MoEF & CC in December 2015, it is mandatory for all thermal power plants in India to install FGD technology. An installed base of around 165GW of thermal plant plants has been identified by CEA for implementation of FGD, over and above the power plants presently under execution. 

The WFGD market has installed base of 60 GW. With this new award, GE will further strengthen its position in the FGD market globally. This builds on GE’s previous standalone FGD project in India for NTPC’s Phase V, Unit- XIII (1 X 500 MW) Vindyachal Thermal Power Plant. 

In addition, GE is also executing Turbine Island package for Telangana Phase-I (2X800 MW) STPP.  First standalone FGD order in Indian power market since the revised Emission Norms GE Power’s state-of-the-art technology for NTPC would deliver 97.1 per cent sulphur removal efficiency and 16 per cent lower power consumption than best-in-class available technology.