By: Energetical India

L&T's Power Transmission and Distribution business has secured large grid infrastructure orders worth INR 2,500–5,000 crore across the Middle East, including key projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

The Power Transmission and Distribution (PT&D) vertical of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has announced that it has won large grid infrastructure orders in Middle East.

The 400kV super grid interconnection linking the electricity networks of GCC member states has helped in efficient utilisation of generation capacity and has improved the overall grid resilience, the company said in a statement.

It further added that currently, the network of the Sultanate of Oman is connected to this interconnection through UAE's grid at 220kV. "Now a direct interconnection is being established at 400 kV level for which a 400 kV Substation in UAE is crucial. L&T PT&D has won an order to engineer, procure and construct this 400 kV Substation," it said.

Another order has been secured for building a set of new 132kV substations in the Middle East to cater to the electricity demand growth.

In Saudi Arabia, the company has received an order for turnkey construction of 380 kV overhead transmission lines associated with integration of renewable energy power plants.