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Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) needs around 3,000 transformers in order to provide power to thousands of homes throughout the country.

India: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems India (TTDI) has won a $34 million contract from Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC) for the supply of around 8,000 distribution transformers made at the company’s facility in Hyderabad.

Grand View Research, Inc. published a new market study titled “Middle East Distribution Transformer Market Analysis By Product, By Technology And Segment Forecasts To 2022”.

Russia, Samara: Samara distribution networks is starting the construction of a new 110 kV substation, which will be the main feeding centre for the city sports facilities and the 2018 World Cup, including the new Samara Arena soccer stadium.

India, New Delhi: India’s state-run utility company Power Grid Corporation will spend $6 billion to procure distribution equipment from domestic vendors on behalf of states, required for implementation of the rural electrification and network strengthening programmes.

Germany: Siemens has successfully tested and delivered the first units of distribution transformers for a German transmission grid operator Netze BW insulated with Midel eN natural ester.

United Kingdom, London: Visiongain has made available a new electric power and distribution transformers market report for the period 2016 to 2026.

United Kingdom: Winder Power, UK’s manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has announced the appointment of Keith Robertshaw as the Company’s Group Manufacturing Director, effective from 1 April 2016.

USA, Wisconsin: Solomon Corporation, a Kansas-based company specializing in the procurement of high-voltage and distribution transformers, will open a new facility in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin next month, THOnline reports.

A new report on the European power and distribution transformer industry market is available, analysing current development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

The governments of Rwanda and Japan signed a financing agreement worth $18.4 million aimed at boosting electricity distribution networks in the City of Kigali, Rwanda.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order worth around $100 million from Mass Global Holding to deliver a gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation that will help integrate 3,000 MW of electricity generated by a combined cycle power plant, utilizing Iraq’s natural gas resources.

India, Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro Limited has announced the company’s Power Transmission & Distribution division won orders worth over $147 million, including a major order for an electrification upgrade in the Middle East.

Bulgaria, Sofia: Bulgarian transformers manufacturer CERB will supply 100 new distribution transformers to Bulgarian electricity provider EVN Bulgaria in 2016.

Germany: Siemens has signed a ($10 million) €9 million contract to supply the Iraqi market with 1,250 distribution transformers.

USA, North Carolina: ABB has officially launched a new initiative that will support electrical utilities in the United States and address U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concerns around physical security for the power grid’s most critical transmission and distribution substations and transformers.

Markets and Markets has announced the release of a new market research report “Smart Transformers Market by Type (Power, Distribution, Specialty, and Instrument), Application (Smart Grid, Traction Locomotive, Electric Vehicle Charging, and Others) & by Region – Global Trends & Forecast to 2020”.

Venezuela, Caracas: The Venezuelan government plans to invest nearly $18 million in a joint programme with about 60 private enterprises to strengthen the processes of electricity distribution and transmission.