Nexans Bags EURO15m Contract To Supply Power Underground Cables

Published: 29-Jul-2009

By: Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer

To reinforce Mumbai’s power transmission infrastructure

Nexans, a player in the cable industry, has been awarded a EURO15m contract by the Tata Power, India's private sector power utility, for a project to design, manufacture and supply underground cables to reinforce the power infrastructure in Mumbai.

In a two-year ‘total supply and service’ contract for Tata Power, starting in 2009,

Nexans is expected to deliver five complete circuits of 220 kV cable and associated accessories to provide an extra 300 MVA of power carrying capacity for the underground network linking various EHV (Extra High Voltage) substations across Mumbai.

Nexans is expected to supply the cables during 2009 and 2010 to meet Tata Power’s project implementation phases. The XLPE cable will be manufactured in Nexans plant located in Hannover, Germany while the accessories will be supplied by the Nexans plant of Cossonay in Switzerland.

Nicholas Ballas, Nexans’ Executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific Area, said: “The technology has changed, so that we are now supplying new generation of high voltage environmentally friendly XLPE cable."

Nexans offers a range of cables and cabling systems.