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Siemens Wins Major Contract In India
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order to supply UVAC 2010 (Universal Vacuum Air Collector) solar receivers for a parabolic trough power plant to be built in Rajasthan, India by Shiram EPC Limited, under project developer Abhijeet.
Siemens will supply over 17,000 solar receivers, which will generate all of the heat for the 50MW facility which is scheduled for spring 2013.
The Abhijeet power plant is being constructed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Indian government's ongoing program for promoting solar power. The program envisages installing up to 20 gigawatts of solar power capacity in India by the year 2020.
"We view this first order from Shiram EPC Limited to be a demonstration of their trust in our know-how and technology," said Shmuel Fledel, CEO of Siemens Solar Thermal Energy Business Unit. "The Indian CSP market is rapidly developing, and with this step we strengthen our business for CSP technology."
Siemens announced in January that it has been awarded three orders to supply a total of four steam turbine generator units for solar thermal power plants in Rajasthan, including a steam turbine generator unit for the Abhijeet plant.
"We are very impressed with the performance and the durability of the UVAC 2010 ", noted M.K. Prasad, Senior Vice President for Solar Business of Abhijeet. "CSP plants have a long lifetime, and we know that we can rely on Siemens to provide the plant with thermal heat for many years".
