Indian engineering major Larsen & Toubro has secured a contract to construct a 185-megawatt grid-connected solar farm paired with a 254-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bihar district, India, the company announced on Monday.
Describing the order as “significant,” L&T estimated its value to fall between INR 10 billion (USD 119.8 million / EUR 111.6 million) and INR 25 billion, under its internal classification system. The project was awarded to L&T's Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) arm, although the customer's identity was not disclosed.
Located in Kajra, Lakhisarai district, the facilities mark a notable addition to L&T's renewables Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) portfolio.
A Ravindran, Senior Vice President & Head of Renewable Strategic Business Group at PT&D, noted, “On the Battery Energy Storage System front, we handle more than 1.5 gigawatt-hours of storage capacity.”
L&T highlighted its extensive experience, with 18 gigawatts peak (GWp) of wind and solar farms already commissioned or in progress.
