Alstom Bharat Forge jt venture bags NTPC order.

Alstom Bharat Forge Power Ltd. (ABFPL), the joint venture between Alstom and Bharat Forge, has secured a contract worth about €130 million (about Rs. 1,000 crore) from NTPC.

The order is for supply of two units of 660 MW supercritical turbine islands for NTPC's Tanda coal power plant in Uttar Pradesh.

ABFPL's work involves engineering, manufacturing, supply and commissioning of the two turbine islands and auxiliaries for the plant.

The equipment for the project will be made at ABFPL's manufacturing facility at Sanand, Gujarat, which is to be commissioned in October 2014, a release from Alstom said.


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