A technical snag at the turbine supplied by Dong Fang China for the Durgapur Thermal Projects in 2010 had forced the Central Electricity Authority to issue guidelines saying power equipment suppliers must have a manufacturing facility in the country. he problems may be over soon. The defunct turbine would be back from China after repair by March.
"For the past six to seven months we were facing difficulties because of the failure of the turbine supplied by Chinese firm Dong Fang. They took the equipment back to China to solve the technical snag and the repairing will be complete by February. However, it will take some time to be transported back from that country and we expect the machine to be back by the end of March," said Mriganka Majumder, Managing Director of Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL).
Chinese-made equipment had faced similar difficulties at West Bengal Power Development Corporation’s 300 MW Sagardighi project and Sterlite Industries-run Balco’s 540-MW captive plant plant. Because of this, several global manufacturers have established joint ventures in India — including L&T with Mitsubishi, Jindal with Toshiba, and Areva and Siemens with BHEL.
The country plans to add 100000 MW in the next five year plan from 2012-17 and Chinese firms are expected to bag a large chunk of these projects.
In the last two years alone, Chinese companies won projects worth 36800 MW. Meanwhile, Majumder expressed concerns over the quality of Chinese power equipment supplied in India. "Chinese equipments are cost-effective for sure, but they have to improve a lot in terms of technology."
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