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Article: GE Hitachi Signs Agreement in India with Leading Local Engineering and Construction Company as Nation Plans Nuclear Energy Expansion.(Company overview)
- Article from:
- Journal of India
- Article date:
- June 2, 2009
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced it has signed a nuclear power plant development agreement with India's top engineering and construction company, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T).
The agreement with L&T is an important part of GEH's strategy to establish an extensive network of local suppliers to help build a future GEH-designed Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) power station in India. The power station is one of several being planned by India to increase the country's nuclear generation capacity more than tenfold over the next two decades--from 4.1 GW today to 60 GW by 2030. The nuclear power initiative is a key part of India's broader plan to expand its ...