Tata Power inks pact with Doosan, Siemens for ultra mega projects

Mumbai, June 01 (UNI) Tata Power Company has signed an agreement with the international players-Siemens Power Generation, Germany and Doosan Heavy Industries&Construction, Korea, to bid for the ultra mega projects.

Announcing this, the Company told BSE that the plants have a steam power of 3,500 MW to 3,800 MW each. The consortium of Siemens and Doosan Heavy Industries envisages design and construction of power plants based on super critical technology required for such large sized units, and will form the basis of the companys bids for the ultra mega projects.

The Centre has announced the implementation of several ultra mega power projects through an international competitive bidding process.

The company has submitted its expression of interest for four ultra mega power projects, one each in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Consequently, It has received the request for qualification documents for the Sasan project in Madhya Pradesh and the Mundra project in Gujarat.

This development comes on the back of the recent announcement made by the company to augment its generation capacity by over 4500 MW involving investment of Rs 18,000 crore.

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