France: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €300 million by TERNA Rete Italia, a company fully owned by TERNA, the Italian electricity transmission system operator, and Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), its French counterpart, to build two High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter stations for the transmission link between France and Italy.
Azerbaijan, Baku: The World Bank has officially announced Azerbaijan Power Distribution Modernization (APDM).
Czech Republic, Pilsen: The high voltage community gathered in Pilsen, Czech Republic at the 19th ISH International Symposium on High Voltage Engineering discussed major changes in the high voltage industry which are driving research and development efforts around the globe.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has appointed Bazmi Husain as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective January 1, 2016.
Indonesia, Jakarta: Large areas of Jakarta and Tangerang were left without electricity for several hours on Wednesday afternoon after a transformer caught fire at a substation in Kembangan, West Jakarta, state power company PLN said.
Iran, Tehran: Head of the Iranian Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has announced that Iran exported power transformers worth $74 million in 2014.
India, Mumbai: Avantha Group Company CG has secured an order for 365 kV and 154 kV capacitive voltage transformers from Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), the largest electric utility of South Korea responsible for 93% of Korea`s electricity generation.
United Kingdom, London: Electro Rent Europe, a subsidiary of Electro Rent, a global provider of rental test equipment to numerous end-markets, including the transformers market, has announces the appointment of two industry experts to key positions within its new UK office.
China, Beijing: China is planning to invest at least $315 billion (2 trillion yuan) in the construction of its power distribution network during 2015-2020, including an investment of $471 million (300 billion yuan) in 2015, according to an action plan on power distribution network construction and transformation for 2015-2020 released by the National Energy Administration on Monday.
USA, Georgia: Georgia Transformer, the Rincon-based manufacturing plant formerly known as EFACEC, is planning to add 150 to 200 jobs over three years, starting in the second half of next year, according to the acting general manager, Prabhat Jain.
Pakistan, Islamabad: Pakistan’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved the project of evacuation of power from the proposed 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant near the city of Sahiwal to upcountry load centres.
Saudi Arabia, Al Khobar: Fire swept through an oil workers’ residential compound in in the town of Khobar, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring over 259, according to the Civil Defence statement.
Russia, North Caucasus: Stavropolenergo has completed the first construction phase of the new Beshtau substation in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol and is preparing to install the main electrical equipment.
Uganda, Kampala: Umeme Ltd., the largest electric utility in Uganda, has entered into an agreement with ABB Uganda Limited and Babcon Uganda Ltd to build a new 40 MVA medium volt substation at Kira Town Council, Namugongo.
Spain, Seville: Endesa, Spain’s largest electric utility company has installed a new dry-type power transformer at the Arjona substation in Seville.
Canada, Montreal: ABB has named Nathalie Pilon as the new managing director for ABB in Canada, effective October 1, 2015.
Future Market Insights has announced the addition of the “Medium Voltage Transformers Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2015-2025” report to their offering.
USA, Minnesota: 3M has launched new insulation for high-temperature, oil-filled distribution transformers designed to increase transformer overload capabilities and provide size reduction opportunities.
Russia, Samara: Electroshield – TM Samara, Russian transformer and electrical equipment manufacturer, has inaugurated its new International Engineering Centre in Samara, with an aim to become more competitive in the fields of electrical engineering and technology.
United Kingdom, Yorkshire: Winder Power Ltd, British manufacturer of power and distribution transformers is aiming to expand and grow its Leeds-based operations, creating 20 new employment opportunities, according to British media.
Pakistan, Karachi: Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $6 billion five-year funding strategy which will help Pakistan to reform energy sector and upgrade its power infrastructure.
USA, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh-based power management company Eaton will supply critical power distribution equipment and engineering services for the MGM National Harbor, a 93,000-square metre destination resort on the Potomac River in Prince George’s County, Maryland, the company announced in the press release.
The Philippines, Manila: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has commissioned two new power transformers, improving its transmission services in two provinces in Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island.
Russia, Voronezh: Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK) started the reconstruction of its main step-down substation, which supplies electricity to the plant’s converter, refractory, metallurgical slag processing plant and water plant.