#Brazil

Afriguide has moved a faulty transformer from South Africa to Brazil for repair.

Brazil, Recife: At least three fire engines worked to put out the transformer fire at a substation owned by the Brazilian power company Energy Company of Pernambuco in the Peixinhos district of Olinda, north of Recife.

Brazil: Electric equipment and transformer manufacturer WEG will supply a power transformer 275 MVA, 525 kV transformer for the 207 MW Santa Vitoria do Palmar wind complex in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state.

Brazil, Sao Paulo: Brazil’s state-run electricity company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA (Electrobras) announced its plans to invest $3.38 billion ($13.16 billion reals) in electricity projects in 2016.

Brazil: Brazilian transformer manufacturer WEG has been upgrading nine 550 kV single-phase transformer following the contract signed with the electric utility company Copel.

Brazil: Brazil’s chamber of foreign trade, Camex, has reduced existing definite anti-dumping duties on the imports of non-oriented grain (NOG) electrical flat steel from China, Taiwan and South Korea.

Brazil, Sao Paolo: AES Eletropaulo, a major Brazilian power distributor in the state of Sao Paolo, will invest $130 million over the next two years to reinforce its power distribution network in the state, reports BN Americas.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB will deliver an integrated power and automation solution for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Brazil: Brazil’s largest wind energy substation, the 1,200 MW SE Curral Novo do Piaui II facility, was switched on last week.

The South African electrical equipment supplier and manufacturer Zest WEG, part of Brazilian WEG Group, is looking for more acquisitions in Africa, having recently completed a transaction to buy TSS Transformers, which increases the range and scale of transformers on offer from the company.

France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth approximately €100 million ($110 million) from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas S/A (Eletrosul) to integrate wind farms located at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, into the country’s transmission grid.

Brazil, Santa Catarina: WEG has announced the acquisition of Transformadores Suntec S.A.S., a Columbian power transformer manufacturer based in Medellin.

Brazil, Sao Paulo: HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH, a German manufacturer of high-voltage and high-current testing systems, is extending cooperation with its Brazilian agency LPEng to operate the first local HIGHVOLT Service Centre worldwide.