Indian conglomerate Adani has won an Rs 8,500 crore ($875m) government tender to build an inter-state electricity transmission system to supply green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Andhra Pradesh.
Awarded through a competitive Indian government bid, the contract will see Adani Energy Solutions (AESL) build electrical transmission to carry around 4.5GW of power to proposed projects in the Vizag region.
It will involve seven 1,500MVA substations, 1,582km of transmission lines, and over 10,000MVa of transforming capacity.
AESL will need to deliver the project within 30 months.
The project could supply several large-scale green hydrogen developments in the region, which include NTPC Green Energy’s planned 2.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) green hydrogen chemicals project in Pudimadaka, and AM Green’s 1.5 mtpa green ammonia plant in Kakinada.
It comes after AESL won a Rs 2,800 ($289m) crore contract to build 75km of transmission to power a green ammonia facility in Gujarat last year.
According to state government officials, Andhra Pradesh has $6bn of planned green hydrogen investments.
However, AESL said the transmission network will also support growing load requirements from data centre projects in the region.
“It will support the development of green hydrogen and green ammonia capacity in Andhra Pradesh, while also strengthening the grid for emerging digital infrastructure demand in the Pendurthi–Vizag region,” AESL CEO Kandarp Patel said.
It comes as India accelerates its green hydrogen ambitions, which have been buoyed by recent international supply deals.
Last month, Acme won contracts to supply green ammonia and e-methanol to Japanese companies, while AM Green has secured mass offtake from European energy firms.
Domestically, the government has also awarded tenders for green ammonia producers to supply state-owned fertiliser production. It also recently opened bidding for contracts to supply green methanol.
