Alstom Bharat Forge Power signs 130 million euro contract with NTPC

NEW DELHI: Alstom Bharat Forge Power, the joint venture company between Alstom and Bharat Forge, has signed a contract worth approximately 130 million euros to supply equipment to NTPC.

"Alstom Bharat Forge Power has signed a contract worth approximately Euros 130 million (Rs 1,136.5 crore) with NTPC to supply equipment for the Tanda coal power plant, in Uttar Pradesh," the company said in a statement.

The JV company's scope of work involves engineering, manufacturing, testing, supply, erection and commissioning of the two 660 MW supercritical turbine islands and auxiliaries for the plant.

The equipment for the project will be manufactured at the JV firm's manufacturing facility at Sanand in Gujarat, which will be commissioned starting October 2014.