September 08, 2008
Chinese power equipment gain major grounds in India
It is reported that Chinese power equipment suppliers are fast gaining market share in India. As per report, as many as seven Chinese makers including Dongfang Electric Corporation, Shanghai Electric and Sepco Electric Power Construction, have cornered 20% of the market for new equipment supply to new power ventures in India.
Indian government has firmed up plans for adding 78,000 MW of Greenfield thermal capacity by 2012. Out of this, orders for 71,000 MW have already been placed, while Chinese equipment vendors have secured orders for about adding 16,000 MW of Greenfield capacity.
The orders bagged by them so far are
1. Dongfang Electric Corporation - 2,400 MW
2. Shanghai Electric - 5,800 MW
3. Sepco Electric Power Construction - 4530 MW
The details of project wise orders is as under
1. Dongfang Electric Corporation - West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited’s 600 MW unit at Sagardighi
2. Dongfang Electric Corporation - Durgapur Projects’ 300 MW unit in Durgapur
3. Dongfang Electric Corporation - Lanco Amarkantak Private Power’s Pathadi thermal power project in Chhattisgarh for 600 MW
4. Shanghai Electric - Haryana Power Generation Corporation’s 1200 MW Yamuna Nagar thermal power station in Haryana
5. Shanghai Electric - Haryana Power Generation Corporation’s 1200 Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Hisar in Haryana
6. 1000 MW units at Rajwest Power plant at Barmer in Rajasthan being set up by JSW Rajwest Power
7. Supply of boiler turbine generator for Damodar Valley’s 1200 MW Raghunathpur project
8. Supply of boiler turbine generator for 1200 MW to Rosa thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh for Reliance Power.
Mr Jairam Ramesh union minister of state for power said that "In the 11th Five Year Plan, 20% of equipment supplies for 78,000 MW of fresh thermal capacity have been bagged by seven Chinese companies and they have offered strategic prices for nearly all projects they have bid for. We should ensure that maximum new equipment supplies should come from Indian manufacturers. However, if Chinese companies set up shop in India it is all right, but I am against direct imports."
