L&T wins EPC work at 90-MW floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh

• Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (NSE: LT) has actually secured an engineering, procurement as well as construction (EPC) deal for a 90-MW floating solar park project in Madhya Pradesh.

The order, the value of which was not disclosed, was positioned with the power transmission as well as circulation service of L&T Construction, the parent firm stated in a governing filing on Tuesday.

The project covered by the bargain concerns the setup of a photovoltaic (PV) park at the Omkareshwar dam storage tank in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district. Information concerning the beginning of construction and also planned commissioning were not given.

Mercom India reported in October that NTPC, SJVN, Tata Solar, Mahindra Susten, Eden Renewables, and also NHPC were among the bidders in a tender for three 100-MW floating solar arrays at the Omkareshwar storage tank. The tender was issued in July as the second phase of a competitive choice for the construction of a bigger grid-connected park of 600 MW in size.