Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in partnership with Hitachi Energy, has been nominated by transmission system operator TenneT to deliver high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations for offshore wind projects across the German and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.

L&T’s power transmission and distribution vertical also won a batch of grid infrastructure orders in Saudi Arabia as part of the country’s National Renewable Energy Program (NREP).

The first order concerns the construction of a 380/33 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS). The scope also involves related hybrid GIS elements, 380 kV transformers and reactors, and subsystems for power system protection, control, automation, telecommunication, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and firefighting.

The second set of orders concerns the construction of 380 kV overhead transmission links with an aggregated route length exceeding 420 kilometers.

Saudi Arabia is upgrading its electricity grid to support a surge in renewable energy projects.

L&T submitted the lowest bid of KWD1.45 million (~$135.19 million) to set up the 400 kV overhead transmission line project connecting the Al Shaqaya Solar Power Station to the Al Wafra (Z) substation in Kuwait.

In August, L&T Renewables won the auction conducted by Bihar State Power Generation Company for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a 116 MW solar power project integrated with a 241 MWh battery energy storage system in Lakhisarai district, Bihar.

In February, L&T’s renewables business won Masdar’s engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the north site, a 24/7 solar and battery storage giga-scale project in Abu Dhabi.

Developed by Masdar in collaboration with EWEC, the project will feature 5.2 GW solar capacity and a 19 GWh battery energy storage system, making it the largest globally. The north and south sites will have capacities of 2.6 GWh and 9.5 GWh, enabling a round-the-clock clean energy supply.

In June last year, Larsen & Toubro secured an order to build a grid-connected 185 MW solar power project with a 254 MWh battery energy storage system in Lakshisarai district from the Bihar State Power Generation Company.