Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will be investing over $41 million into building a development and demonstration facility for middle voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution at its Power Distribution System Centre in Marugame, Japan.
China, Beijing: China Steel Corp, the nation’s largest steelmaker announced that it was preparing to lodge anti-dumping lawsuits against Chinese and South Korean peers to protect its interests.
China, Beijing: The Chinese state grid operator’s hunt for $50 billion in overseas assets makes it a potential bidder for ABB’s power grids business in what would be another step toward creating a global energy internet.
USA, Maryland: Last week three transformers caught fire in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland, causing widespread power outages in the city.
India, Chhattisgarh: A team of engineers and technicians from Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company (CSPTC) have managed to repair a power transformer 125 MVA manufactured 50 years ago.
United Kingdom, London: A new report titled “Large Power Transformers Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020” has been made available.
India, New Delhi: During his visit to New Delhi, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced the company will invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in India in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.
Egypt, Cairo: Three international companies will present their technical proposals to the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian ministries of electricity next month, in a bid to build three transformer stations to create an electrical interconnection project between the two countries.
USA, Missouri: A $15 million expansion of the Bland substation north of Owensville, Missouri has been underway, with an aim to increase reliability of service to residents in Gasconade County and five surrounding counties served by Ameren Missouri.
Germany, Regensburg: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), a Germany-based company active in power engineering, has made a €24 million investment into the new material management centre in Haslbach.
USA, Washington D.C.: The United States and Benin officials have signed the five-year Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact, a $375 million deal to invest in the African country’s electric power sector.
ABB has announced major reorganization of the company business into four divisions, with its entire power business grouped into a new Power Grids division. While the new strategy sets lower targets and implies further job cuts, the new management comes under pressure from shareholders to meet the set expectations.
Russia, Leningrad Oblast: Lenenergo, Russian electric power company, has begun an upgrade of its 35 kV Romanovka substation in Vsevolozhsky district in the Leningrad region.
USA, California: Fujitsu has acknowledged that a major power transformer failure took down its Sunnyvale data centre on 22 August, according to ZD Net.
Egypt, Cairo: Three Egyptian electricity companies have secured $243 million fund from Japan, International Cooperation Minister Najla Ahwani revealed in an official statement, according to Egyptian media.
Belgium, Brussels: General Electric has won EU approval for its €12.4 billion ($13.9 billion) acquisition of Alstom’s power business after agreeing to sell some of the French company’s turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Energia.
Angola, Luanda: The Angolan State owns 26 percent of Efacec Power Solutions after the Angolan President authorised the National Electricity Distribution Company (ENDE) to buy 40 percent of Winterfell Industries, Macauhub reports.
USA, New York: The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued a preliminary determination that two Korean producers of large power transformers have been dumping their products in the U.S., according to a notice issued last week.
Russia, Moscow: Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) is performing a large-scale reconstruction of the 220 kV Sviblovo substation in the north-eastern part of Moscow, with the introduction of new transformers and 220 kV gas-insulated switchgear.
USA, New York: The 4th edition of the StatPlan Transformer Report is now available.
India, Mumbai: Crompton Greaves Ltd has been awarded with a three-year contract by the French distribution network operator Électricité Réseau Distribution France (ERDF) to provide maintenance and repair services to 4,500 power transformers.
India: T&R India Ltd has manufactured two 66 kV, 15 MVA, three-phase power transformers filled with Envirotemp FR3 natural ester fluid supplied by Cargill.
Philippines, Nueva Vizcaya: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has set up an additional 75 MVA power transformer in its substation in Bayambong, Nueva Vizcaya, to meet the load requirements of the mining projects in the province.
United Kingdom, Dorset: Accurate Controls Ltd, Dorset based manufacturer of specialist instrumentation to the power generation and distribution industry, has launched a new transformer monitoring unit that can track the performance of multiple pumps and fans individually rather than as one single system.