Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited has received a Letter of Acceptance from a domestic EPC contractor for the supply of 66 kV Extra High Voltage (EHV) underground power cables for a transmission project in Gujarat. The order is valued at approximately ₹64.46 crore, excluding GST, taking the total order value to approximately ₹76.06 crore including GST.
The order has been placed by a domestic EPC contractor executing a 66 kV transmission project in Gujarat, and covers the supply of 2,92,985 metres – approximately 293 kilometres – of 38/66 kV (E), 1 core, 630 sq. mm. aluminium conductor, XLPE insulated, copper wire screened, aluminium corrugated sheathed, HDPE outer sheathed underground power cable, delivered on an FOR site basis. Deliveries are scheduled at approximately 50 km per month from manufacturing clearance, and the Company will look to advance this schedule in line with project requirements.
The award is a further endorsement of the Company’s Extra High Voltage manufacturing capability. Cables at 66 kV and above are among the most technically demanding products in the sector, requiring triple-extrusion CCV lines, corrugated metallic sheathing and an approved type-test pedigree – capabilities that only a small number of Indian manufacturers possess. The segment also carries among the highest realisations and margins in the Company’s cables portfolio.
India’s transmission build-out is driving sustained demand for EHV underground cabling, as utilities and developers move to underground corridors in urban and industrial load centres and connect large renewable generation clusters to the grid. The Company has been scaling its MV and EHV capacity to capture this demand, including additional CCV and corrugation lines being commissioned as part of its ongoing capital expenditure programme.
Commenting on the order, Mr. Umesh Chhayya, Whole-time Director, Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited, said: “This order reflects the confidence that project developers and EPC partners place in our EHV cable capability. Extra High Voltage is the segment where our investments in technology, testing and quality show up most clearly, and it is central to how we intend to grow. Our order book continues to build across utilities, renewables, data centres and industrial customers, and we remain focused on executing to schedule.”
