L&T-MHPS Boilers inks licence pact for SCR systems with Japan's MHPS

L&T-MHPS Boilers Private Limited (LMB), a joint venture of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Limited (MHPS) of Japan, has signed a technology licence agreement for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems with MHPS.

The technology licensing agreement is for design, engineering, manufacture, installation, commissioning, and sale of new boilers under BTG, EPC or SG packages or standalone SCR systems, and for existing and under construction boilers on exclusive basis in India.

The new emission norms for coal-based thermal power plants in India, notified by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in December 2015, introduced limits on oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions. This move, has made Indian emission norms one of the most stringent in the world. The new norms have called for mandatory installation of SCR systems in upcoming power plants, including those currently under construction and many existing power plants. 
 

Commenting on the technology pact, Shailendra Roy, CEO and managing director, L&T Power, and whole-time director (power, heavy engineering & defence), L&T, said, “This strengthens L&T’s capability to cater to power plant requirements meeting new emission norms and contribute to the government’s Make in India initiative.”

LMB is currently executing 12 units of supercritical/ultra-supercritical steam generator packages of 660 MW capacity in India totalling 7,920 MW. In addition, six supercritical units (660/700 MW) have already achieved commercial operation.

L&T-MHPS Boilers is also executing nine export orders for the supply of pulverisers and pressure parts for various MHPS projects in Japan and Indonesia. It has already executed eight MHPS export orders with the supply of pressure parts, pulverisers and engineering services to Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. 

Incorporated in October 2006, LMB has its facility at Hazira (Gujarat) for the manufacture of pressure parts and coal pulverisers for supercritical steam generators.