Japanese power equipment major Toshiba JSW Turbine & Generator will supply turbines for the Rs 10,000-crore thermal power plant in Karnataka. According to a press statement, the company will supply three 800 MW supercritical steam turbine and generator island packages for NTPC's Kudgi super thermal power project, Stage-I, in Kudgi.
The equipment will be manufactured at the company's plant in Chennai. The contract value is around Rs. 2300 crore and delivery of the equipment is expected to start in 2013, the press statement said.
The Kudgi project is NTPC's first in Karnataka, and the State Government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NTPC in 2009 for the proposed project.
According to the statement, Toshiba has already supplied five 830 MW supercritical steam turbines and generators for the Mundra Ultra Mega thermal power plant owned by Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Power Company, and will supply two 660-MW supercritical steam turbines and generators for the Salaya-II Thermal Power Plant operated by Essar Power Gujarat Limited.