Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has signed a technology license agreement (TLA) for Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) System with L&T-MHPS Boilers Private Ltd. (LMB; Mumbai, India; www.lntmhps.com), a joint venture company of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and MHPS.
The TLA grants LMB exclusive rights to design, engineer, manufacture, install, commission and sell the SCR System in India for new boiler tenders under the Boiler, Turbine, Generator (BTG) package, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) or steam generator (SG) packages or standalone SCR tenders, and for existing and under construction boilers manufactured by LMB. The TLA grants a non-exclusive right for existing boilers and currently under construction boilers installed by others.
In December 2015 the Government of India introduced new emissions standards for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) for existing, under construction and upcoming coal based thermal units in India.