Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd said it shipped its first Made-in-India steam turbine generator from Chennai facility.
The 800-megawatt steam turbine and generator (STG) for the Unit 2 of the Kudgi super-critical thermal power station in Karnataka is Toshiba's first large-scale generation system to be manufactured and assembled with locally procured parts and systems, and tested in India, the company said in a statement.
Yoshiaki Inayama, Managing Director of the company said, "We established Toshiba JSW with the goal of offering 'One Stop Solution' covering engineering, procurement, manufacturing, construction and services (EMPCS)." With extensive experience in equipment designing and manufacturing for thermal power applications, the company offers cleaner power-generation solutions to customers in India.
"With this shipment we embark on our local manufacturing from procurement to testing and shipping, for customers in India and the neighboring countries," he said.
To cater to the increasing energy demand, the government's Twelfth Five Year Plan for 2012 to 2017 aims at boosting generating capacity at an average annual rate of 17.7 GW, with 80 per cent of the increase in thermal power generation.
Toshiba JSW established its first manufacturing plant spread across 400,000 square meters with a current production capacity of 3,000 MW, that can be scaled up to 6,000 MW.
This is Toshiba's first and the only overseas thermal power plant equipment manufacturing facility outside of Japan.
In February 2012, Toshiba Group received an order for three 800 MW steam turbine and generator island packages (STG) for the Kudgi Super-critical Thermal Power Station from NTPC.
"Toshiba Corporation fulfilled the first part of the order, and Kudgi Unit 2 and 3 has been made by Toshiba JSW in Chennai," the statement said.
The company is working on the STG for Kudgi Unit 3, Meja Units 1 and 2, Darlipali Units 1 and 2, and on an ultra- super-critical STG for Harduaganj, Inayama said.
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