IN CONVERSATION
L&T has made significant breakthroughs in the Middle East Region with over 1.5 GW of projects and in ASEAN, began construction of a battery energy storage project in Thailand. Shaji John, Head-Business Development (Domestic & Global Markets), Renewables Business, L&T Construction
Larsen & Toubro is a US$ 21 billion, Indian technology, engineering, construction, and manufacturing conglomerate, operating in over 30 countries worldwide. Globally, L&T Construction, the construction arm of L&T is one among the top 15 EPC Contractors. Further, L&T Construction, is India's largest construction organization offering end to end, EPC solutions to execute large scale industrial and infrastructure projects from concept to commissioning. In an exclusive interview with Mr Shaji John, Head-Business Development (Domestic & Global Markets), Renewables Business, Power Transmission and Distribution IC, L&T Construction, Larsen and Toubro Ltd., we got some valuable insights on L&T’s Renewable Business. Mr Shaji also talked about the various projects the company is undertaking along with the digital transformation initiatives. We also got insights on the company’s future plans and its way forward.
Could you brief our readers about the engineering capacity – both in terms of innovation and execution of L&T’s Renewable Business Unit? The Renewables Business of L&T Construction, is one of the leading players in the solar segment with proven EPC capabilities to indigenously design and execute utility scale solar projects including power evacuation systems.
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With more than a decade of experience in the solar segment, the company has a strong track record with vast experience in various module technologies, module mounting systems, storage technologies, etc. L&T surpassed a significant milestone of 5 GWp of Solar EPC Portfolio with its commissioned and under execution projects globally. L&T offers economically viable, technically superior, bankable solar power project solutions. Internationally, L&T has established a huge presence in the Middle East Renewables Market and is rapidly expanding into the renewables markets of Africa, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) regions. L&T’ s Renewables Business has developed engineering capacities for utility-scale solar ground mounted, solar-wind hybrid, floating solar, battery energy storage and large microgrid segments.
Please tell us about the Battery energy storage solution that L&T provides. L&T offers in-house products solutions such as containerised battery energy storage solution, solar trackers including bifacial adaptability, automated module cleaning systems, mobile solar
generator cum storage solution and operation and maintenance services. L&T’ s containerised solution for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is an all-in-one design including power electronics, control systems and advanced battery technologies. With its flexible and scalable design, the company offers solutions ranging from kW to MW scale. The storage solution is specifically designed for a plug-and-play model, to reduce installation time. L&T’ s newly constructed BESS integration facility is located at Kanchipuram, near Chennai. Various tests are also carried out on integrated containers by replicating site conditions, to ensure smooth operation at sites.
What have been some of your recent projects and how does the project pipeline look like? Among the numerous achievements across the renewables sector since its inception, L&T, recently commissioned India’ s first largescale solar PV-cum-battery energy storage project in Andaman and India’ s first MW scale Floating solar project in Andhra Pradesh. Presently, L&T is executing multiple large-scale projects: 230 MW ground-mounted solar PV project in Tamil Nadu, 490 MW+ of ground
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