#India

India, Agra: The 197 crore (USD 42 million) project of Akhilesh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, began a couple of years back in the Tajganj area near the Taj Mahal.

India, Hyderabad: Having held a number of meetings with Russian officials and industrialists this week, India’s Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh made an appeal for investments to one of the Russia’s largest steel companies, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK).

India, Hyderabad: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems India (TTDI) has won an UHV transformers order from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), which will be set up on a turnkey basis.

India, Pune: Markets and Markets has made available a report titled “Pad-mounted Transformer Market by End User (Industrial, Commercial, and Residential), by Phase (Single and Three), by Rated Power (1 MVA), by Insulation Type (Dry-type and Liquid-Immersed) & by Region – Global Forecast to 2020″.

India, New Delhi: T&D India has requested shareholders’ approval to change the name of the company to GE T&D India, after the company has been taken over by GE.

World Bank Group has signed an agreement to help the International Solar Alliance (ISA), consisting of 121 countries led by India, in mobilizing $1 trillion investment by 2030 to boost solar power generation globally.

India, Madhya Pradesh: India’s transformer manufacturer BHEL Bhopal has successfully tested a special type split winding 400 kV transformer produced for the client Singareni Collieries Company Limited.

India, Delhi: Tata Power-DDL has commissioned a 66/11 kV GIS substation at the Delhi’s commercial and industrial hub Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar (SGTN).

India, Kolkata: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons is planning to develop centres of knowledge equipped to provide formal industrial training to individuals looking to work in the transformer manufacturing sector.

India, Kolkata: Alstom T&D India has been awarded two contracts with a total value of $30 million from Power Grid Corporation for substation projects in Madhya Pradesh.

India, Gujarat: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has placed a $12 million order with Siemens for the procurement of seven auto transformers to be installed at Bhuj, in the state of Gurajat.

India, Jammu and Kashmir: 62 damaged distribution transformers of different capacities have been replaced in Hiranagar constituency in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Switzerland, Zurich: Five substations have been commissioned in India to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid.

India, Uttar Pradesh: The consortium of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A. from Spain has been awarded a design and construction order worth $126 million from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) for electrification works for 417-km section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor from Mughalsarai to New Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh.

India, New Delhi: Indian Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has extended the cut-off date for the application of new quality control regulations for the supply of electrical transformers, which national manufacturers and power distributors accepted with relief.

India, Delhi: Tata Power Delhi Distribution has commissioned a new 66/11 kV AIS grid substation at Rohini, Delhi, which will serve over 50,000 existing and new customers in Rohini and adjoining areas.

India, Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) has approved installation of 108 new transformers in the city of Lucknow in order to respond to increasing consumption of electricity in the city.

India, Uttar Pradesh: The Central government has approved $57 million funding for the proposed electrification projects in the city of Ghaziabad aiming to increase power supply in the coming years.

India, Telengana: Telengana state in India will receive funding of $6 billion from the Union Government to develop the state power sector and improve the efficiency of the electricity distribution companies, Transco and Power Generation Corporation.

India, Maharashtra: Following a death of one person in a transformer blast that took place in Chinchwad on 7 May, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) decided to install tin sheet covers over 744 transformers in the city to improve public safety.

India, Andhra Pradesh: The state transmission company APTRANSCO is preparing for commissioning of three 132 kV substations at Bhavanipuram, Rangannagudem, and Chigurukota in June as part of its infrastructure expansion in Krishna district.

India: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons announced that the company is in the final stage of discussions for taking over a considerable stake in a Dubai-based LLC Trading Company in order to expand on the Middle East transformers market.

Inida, Chhattisgarh: The state power distribution company Raipur Power Department started installing coolers on electric transformers around the city to prevent transformer blasts caused by intense heat.

India: According to Live Mint, Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons is in advanced stages of negotiations with a Bangladesh-based transformer manufacturer to create a joint venture company and open a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh.