New Zealand, Waikato: A New Zeland’s utility company Powerco has invested USD 1.2 million in an upgrade of its substation at Waharoa, Waikato, which included adding a 17 MVA transformer capable of powering 8,500 households.
India: Yaroslav Tarasyuk, Russian Trade Representative in India, has expressed Russia’s interest in the ‘Make in India’ programme, revealing that Russian businesses can count on receiving state support for investment projects in India.
United Kingdom, Pudsey: Winder Power Ltd, a UK manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has been awarded a contract by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) for the bulk supply framework for the energy company’s primary distribution transformers.
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.
Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has signed a new contract with АВВ Poland for the supply of a unique three-phase controlled shunt reactor 67/28.9 MVAr, 110 kV, equipped with an on-load tap changer.
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Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $85 million in Qatar to provide turnkey substations to help integrate electricity from a new independent water and power plant (IWPP) into the country’s grid.
USA, New York: The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and an Israeli software development firm mPrest have been awarded a $900,000 grant to develop a system that can rapidly detect malfunctioning power transformers before they cause larger problems on the electric grid.
Russia, Yekaterinburg: Yekaterinburg Electric Grid Company (EESK) has successfully completed the testing of an autotransformer with the automatic fire extinguishing system at the 220/110/10 kV substation Iskra.
USA, New York: Technavio has published a new study on the global transformer oil market “Global Transformer Oil Market 2015-2019,” which covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global transformer oil market during the period 2015-2019.
USA, New Jersey: Ballistic Fire Barrier, a provider of transformer separations, substation protection and ballistic fire barriers has completed an installation of an innovative transformer ballistic fire barrier at the substation of a major U.S. utility.
Belgium, Bruxelles: Elia Grid International (EGI) and Siemens NV/SA have entered into an agreement to jointly identify, develop and – when advisable and approved by the customer – implement potential high-voltage projects in the so-called EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
India, Mumbai: Avantha Group Company CG has won an order for the supply of 30 MVA, 132 kV mobile substations for a Venezuelan enterprise Wellington Turbines, and another order for a supply of 8 bays of 138 kV, 60 Hz, AIS switchyard in the Philippines.
Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it has signed a technical license agreement with a Myanmar-based manufacturer Asia General Transformer Co., Ltd. (AGT), for the design and supervisory technical support for the production of 100 MVA 230/66 kV oil-immersed core-form transformers.
Germany, Brilon: ABB is planning to cut up to 60 jobs at its transformer plant in Brilon, Germany and move part of its production to Poland, according to the German daily Westfalenpost.
UAE, Sharjah: Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) has announced commissioning of a new 132 KV Moeileh Substation in the industrial area of Sharjah, the third largest city in the UAE.
Switzerland, Zurich: With the aim of supporting LMPT factories, ABB has now fully integrated its Comem power components in its TrafoStar/Spectra design system.
USA, Massachusetts: A vehicle striking a utility pole on Route 123 in Norton, Massachusetts on Saturday left a number of businesses without power and caused a shutdown of a major local road.
USA, Virginia: Roanoke-based transformer manufacturer Virginia Transformer Corp. (VTC) has appointed Marc Schillebeeckx as Executive Vice President of sales, services and marketing.
Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya Power has signed contracts worth $32.5 million with local companies to implement 12 substation upgrade projects in the country.
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USA, Michigan: Construction of a new electric substation has begun on South County Line Highway near Morocco Road in Deerfield Township, Michigan, USA.
USA: A new report on solid state transformers (SST) market titled “Solid State Transformers (SST) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends, Amalysis, Growth and Forecast, 2014 – 2020” is now available.
Switzerland, Zurich: Cevian Capital II GP Limited, an international investment company, has further increased its stake in ABB, having purchased more shares on 22 June, according to its disclosure notice.