GE Steam Power Continuing to Deliver and Support India’s Goal of Lowering Emissions

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“ With local expertise and best-in-class services for GE steam turbines and generators, we are servicing more than 650 other OEM units and 170 other OEM Chinese units across the India region.” - Prashant Jain, Managing Director of GE Power India Ltd

July 2022 : GE Power India Limited (GEPIL) continues to deliver on its growth strategy of growing its service activity specifically on non-GE equipment. Prashant Jain, Managing Director of GE Power India Ltd said, “We are truly delighted to receive these three orders from our esteemed customers. It is reflective of GE’s commitment to help address the critical need to upgrade existing coal power plants in ways that reduce emissions.”

He further said, “With local expertise and best-in-class services for GE steam turbines and generators, we are servicing more than 650 other OEM units and 170 other OEM Chinese units across the India region.” GEPIL has received three separate orders for a combined value of INR 125 crores (16.54 M$) for upgrade of the coal fired power plants equipment from STEAG Energy (for Vedanta), Tata Power and JSW Steel.

Supporting the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, all the major components like pressure parts for the upgrades for all the three projects will be manufactured in India at GEPIL’s factory located in Durgapur, West Bengal.

The scope of three projects are:

● The order from STEAG Energy Services (India) is for complete replacement of economizer zone tube bank for 2 units of 600 MW Chinese made boilers for the end customer, Vedanta’s Jharsuguda power plant in Odisha. This upgrade is part of the overall renovation program to make the boiler system more efficient & reliable. The scope of the project includes design, engineering, manufacturing, supplying, erection, testing, and commissioning of the new boiler pressure parts and other associated components.

Dr. Jacob T. Verghese, Chairman STEAG Energy Services (India) said, “STEAG is engaged as the O&M contractor at 4x600MW power plant and there was a need to restore the integrity of the boilers to ensure safe and reliable power for the smelter. We needed a reliable solutions partner for this major renovation job. We are very happy to partner with GE on this project."

Commenting further on the order, C.N Singh, CEO Jharsuguda, Vedanta Limited said, “We are focused on all-round operational excellence to achieve benchmark performance of plant and equipment across our business by adopting best technology. GE is a great partner to upgrade our Boiler with its state-of-the-art technology.”

● TATA Power will be implementing a combustion modification system for their existing Indian make boilers along with advanced firing system equipment to meet the NOx emission norms for their Jojobera plant at Jharkhand. The upgrade will reduce NOx emissions to well below 450 mg/Nm3, helping the customer conform to India’s emission norms laid by the Environment Pollution Control Board.

Monish Kumar, Chief - Corporate Contracts, Tata Power said, “We are glad to collaborate with GE to implement their combustion modification system for our existing Indian make - boilers along with advanced firing system equipment to meet the NOx emission norms for our Jojobera plant at Jharkhand. This upgrade will reduce NOx emissions to well below 450 mg/Nm3, helping us to conform to India’s emission norms laid by the Environment Pollution Control Board.”

● JSW Steel’s Bellary plant in Karnataka intends to enhance the capacity of their existing Indian make coal mills with the latest GE mill technology. The upgrade will increase mill output to ensure better coal injection rate to the furnace with improved reliability and availability. Post the upgrade, JSW will also have the benefit of spares optimization as similar mills are already in operation at site.

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