INDIA’S top engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that its Power Transmission & Distribution (PT&D) vertical has secured major orders – valued between Rs25 billion and Rs50 billion ($292 million to $583 million) – from its prime GCC market including Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait as well as local projects.

Confirming the significant orders, L&T said the PT&D unit has clinched an order from Saudi Arabia for a 380 kV substation which will facilitate evacuation of solar generation, while in Dubai, it won orders for establishing a set of EHV substations including a 400/132kV unit.

Several substations are being added to Dubai’s power transmission infrastructure in a bid to cater to the growing energy demand, it stated. In Kuwait, the L&T unit has snapped up a 400 kV substation order as part of a city project.