GE Power has won a $47.5 million contract from NTPC to install Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) system at Phase-I (2X800 MW) of its Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) in Telangana.
This is the first standalone FGD order for GE Power in the country since the notification of new emission norms for thermal power plants by the Ministry of Environment in December 2015.
“Technologies such as FGD can play a significant role in controlling emissions from coal-based plants by reducing the Sulpher Oxide (SO2) content in exit flue gas to the lowest levels anywhere in the world,” said Andrew H DeLeone, managing director, GE Power India.
GE Power said the new contract builds on its previous standalone FGD project in India for NTPC’s Vindyachal Thermal Power Plant. In addition, GE is also executing Turbine Island package for Telangana Phase-I (2X800 MW) STPP.