Rockwell Automation to control Solar Thermal Power Plant in India

August 1, 2012 — Lauren-Jyoti, a joint venture between Lauren Engineers & Constructors, a U.S. engineering, procurement and construction company, and Jyoti Power Structures, an engineering firm in India, has awarded a $1.9 million order to Rockwell Automation and its Global Solutions team. Rockwell Automation will provide a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) with solar field local controller panels for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India – helping set industry standards in concentrated solar power.

Lauren-Jyoti received the contract to construct a 50-megawatt concentrated green field solar power plant for Godawari Green Energy in Rajasthan, India. The plant will be one of the first utility-scale solar thermal power plants commissioned in India, resulting in part by The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission – an initiative by the Indian government to increase solar power in India to 20,000 megawatts by 2020.

“This collaboration between Lauren-Jyoti and Rockwell Automation will help build one of the first utility-scale solar thermal power plants in India,” said Siddharth Agrawal, director, Godawari Green Energy. “This solution, support and collaboration will enable us to integrate widespread solar field control with main plant control to achieve better uptime and reliability.”

“Rockwell Automation won the order for its ability to deliver a complete scalable automation solution that includes DCS process control, mirror controllers and motor controls,” said Robert Heard, instrumentation and controls manager, Lauren Engineers & Constructors. “They also provide local support and global collaboration with our U.S.-based engineering company and its India-based teams.”

“Renewable energy is a strategic focus in India for achieving long-term energy and ecological security, and solar power has been a major emerging segment. This win is significant because it provides us the opportunity to set industry standards for concentrated solar power plants,” said Terry Gebert, vice president and general manager, Rockwell Automation Global Solutions. “The industry is poised for tremendous potential growth due to the commitment of different countries to expand alternative energy capacity. We’re now positioned to be part of this global growth initiative.”

About Rockwell Automation Global Solutions
The thousands of engineers on the Rockwell Automation Global Solutions team design, build and upgrade control, power, safety and information solutions for manufacturing clients. Working in tandem with a scalable PartnerNetwork framework, the company’s global solutions offerings can address a wide range of projects including challenging multi-million dollar enterprise projects that span two or more countries. Clients include oil and gas, petrochemicals, consumer industries, life sciences, automotive, tire and heavy industries such as cement, metals, mining, pulp and paper, and power and water utilities.

About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs over 21,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
 

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