GEPIL bags order for NOx reduction system in Barauni Thermal Power Plant

GE Power India Limited (GEPIL) on Monday announced that it has received an order for nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction installation at NTPC’s Barauni Thermal Power Plant in Bihar for a total order value of Rs 12.78 crore.

GEPIL will set up the combustion modification technology for all the steam generators in Barauni stage-II, Unit 8 & 9 to meet the NOx emission limit of 450 mg/NM3 to comply with the Indian environmental requirements.

The company informed in an exchange filing that its Durgapur facility in West Bengal will supply the pressure parts and other components that would be procured locally from various sub-vendors.

Earlier, GEPIL had also won a project for combustion modification for NOx control along with, advanced firing system equipment from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL). The order, worth Rs 43.2 crore, was the first combustion modification for NOx control by any state utilities in India.

On Monday, the stock of GE Power India closed at Rs 201.80 per share, down by 1.75 per cent or Rs 3.60 per share on BSE, against a 0.36 per cent gain in the benchmark index. The 52-week high is recorded at Rs 820.90 while its 52-week low is Rs 199 on BSE.