Indian infra major to build 400 MW power plant in Bangladesh
The Dollar Business Bureau Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday announced that it has received a Rs.1,700-crore order from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation for setting up the Bibiyana III 400 MW combined cycle power plant project of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). “BPDB awarded the EPC contract for setting up the 400 MW gas based power plant project to Marubeni Corporation of Japan, which in turn awarded the EPC sub-contract to L&T on turnkey basis,” said L&T in a statement. The plant will be developed at Nabiganj in Habiganj district of Sylhet division, in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, at around 130 kms from Agartala, India. The project will be executed by L&T’s Baroda-based gas based power projects business unit. L&T’s scope of ...
Japanese firm all set to start Smart-grid project in Vijayawada
The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards taking forward the Andhra Pradesh (AP)-Japan collaboration, Japanese-based Fuji Electric was said to have identified a site in Vijayawada, AP capital, for the smart grid project. An official confirmation in this regard was given by Fuji Electric Representative Director Yoshio Okuno, in a review meeting with the AP Chief Minister (CM) N Chandrababu Naidu, on Monday. In a meeting with the AP CM, Fuji Electric representatives report covered analysis on weather conditions, wind direction and correlation between weather and power demand in Vijayawada. The AP CM, who is on four-day visit to Japan, was said to have started off meetings firstly with Fuji Electric executives, where he was said to have reviewed the teams’ field ...
