L&T from India is front runner for NEOM’s renewable facilities contract

According to MEED, India’s Larsen & Toubro is believed to has been selected to build solar and wind plants for supplying electricity to the city’s $6.4-billion green hydrogen-based ammonia plant at OXAGON industrial zone for Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Green Hydrogen Co.

L&T, along with Energy China and Power China, has submitted a proposal for an engineering, procurement and construction contract to build the renewable energy infrastructure.

ACWA Power, one of the three equity partners in NGHC along with Air Products and NEOM Co., is responsible for supplying the energy to the project.

The scope of the contract includes construction of 2,930 MW solar power generation plant, a 1,370 MW wind power farm and a 400 MW battery energy storage system. It also includes establishing a 190-kilometer power transmission network.