Areva eyes equipment supply to BHEL, L&T

13 June 2007

Bangalore: French nuclear power company Areva is in talks with the Indian government and Indian companies like BHEL and L&T for possible supply of equipment to help "develop nuclear power activity" in India according to company officials.

According to the company 70 per cent of power requirements are met by nuclear energy in France.

Areva provides its clients technology solution for nuclear power generation and electricity transmission and distribution. Areva''s T&D unit hopes to make India its "global hub for global engineering, exports, manpower and prototyping."

Company officials said Areva T&D India contributes about 9 per cent of Areva T&D''s order intake and this is planned to grow to 14 per cent by 2010.

The instrument transformer plant will see an investment of over Rs100 crore and will employ around 300 people.

This is the company''s third manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu and the ninth in the country.