#India

India: Alstom T&D India Ltd has announced the company appointed Mr. Gaurav Manoher Negi as Chief Financial Officer.

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.

India: As part of the Make in India strategy, Inida’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government may shortly decide on setting up the country’s pilot research and development project for specialised electrical steel used for manufacturing transformers.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to jointly support the development of clean energy infrastructure in India.

India, New Delhi: India’s largest power utility NTPC has ordered 10 single-phase generator step-up (GSU) transformers of the rating 315 MVA, 23.5 kV or 420 kV, which are the largest GSU transformers produced within the “Make in India” initiative.

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.

India: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons has introduced the franchise model to cater to the entire country’s rising demand for distribution transformers.

United Kingdom, London: Tata Steel in India has decided to pull out of all its UK operations, including the steel factory in Port Talbot, which could put thousands of jobs at risk.

Mumbai, India: Indian engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced its regional subsidiary has won a turnkey order to construct reactor transformers for a customer in Oman.

India, Maharashtra: Planning to revamp the entire electricity distribution network in the state, the Maharashtra state government has devised a multi-million million plan to improve the distribution system and mitigate electricity losses.

India, Mumbai: Avantha Group Company CG has won a $35 million order from PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned electricity company of Indonesia, to manufacture and install 28 power transformers across PT PLN’s transmission network.

India: Larsen & Toubro’s Power Transmission & Distribution Business has won orders worth $87 million in the international markets.

India, Mumbai: The FICG consortium of Cofely Fabricom, Iemants and CG has been awarded a contract for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm in the North Sea, for the supply and installation of the complete offshore substation for the German utility EnBW.

India, New Delhi: Cargill India has opened a manufacturing facility for Envirotemp™ FR3 natural ester transformer oil in Kurkumbh, in the state of Maharashtra.

India, Mumbai: Electrical equipment and transformer manufacturer Crompton Greaves Ltd has agreed to sell its international power business to the U.S. private equity firm First Reserve International Ltd for an enterprise value of €115 million ($126 million), according to VC Circle.

India, Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) will be embarking upon a major distribution network strengthening project in the urban and rural areas in the next couple of months.

India, Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro Power Transmission & Distribution Business has bagged new orders worth nearly $150 million in the domestic and international markets.

India, Haryana: India’s power company Discom is planning to install 34 transformers across all substations in the city of Gurgaon, Haryana to ensure consistent power supply during summer.

India, Tamil Nadu: 13 new substations have been proposed to be erected in Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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.

India, Delhi: In an attempt to augment the city’s transmission network, the Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) has commissioned six projects, completed at a cost of $20 million, which have increased Delhi’s transformation capacity by 740 MVA.

India: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt Ltd (TTDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation Japan, plans to invest an additional $30 million into its Hyderabad factory by 2017, aiming to turn the facility as a global manufacturing hub.

India: Tata Power, India’s integrated power company, has partnered with Toshiba and Cargill to design and develop India’s first green natural ester based pad-mounted substation.

India, Jaipur: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons has won an order worth $4 million from the Rajasthan state utility.