India, Noida: Alstom T&D India has been selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL), located at the Kala Amb industrial area of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.
Indonesia, Jakarta: Indonesian President has presented an energy programme to build power plants in 240 places across Indonesia to meet the demand of 35,000 MW of electricity in the next five years.
Russia, Moscow Oblast: JSC Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) is investing $24 million in the reconstruction of two power supply stations, Pernatovo 110 kV and Dedovo 110 kV, in the Istrinsky district.
USA, Florida: Pattern Energy Group Inc., the Orlando-based independent power company, has awarded a contract to Siemens for the supply, support installation and provision of long-term service for 65 wind turbines for the Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) to be located near Fowler, Indiana.
New Zealand, Southland: Invercargill, New Zealand’s and the world’s southernmost city might soon power up with an upgraded substation as independent commissioner is to consider a planned substation upgrade in its residential area.
Norway, Oslo: Power prices in Estonia surged on Monday due to an outage on the 650-megawatt Estlink 2 submarine power cable to Finland which sent the spread between Estonian and Finnish prices to almost 10 euros, reports Reuters.
Germany, Berlin: Röchling Engineering Plastics, a German manufacturer of transformer insulation and construction materials, will for the first time present platforms for oil-filled high-voltage transformers made of the insulation material Trafoboard HD-PH in new dimensions at the CWIEME 2015 exhibition that opens in Berlin tomorrow.
USA, Connecticut: A power transformer issue at Yale University caused outages at many buildings on the central and science campuses before it was resolved on Saturday.
Zambia, Lusaka: A power failure that plunged most of Zambia into darkness at the beginning of last week was caused by a fault at a transformer in a substation in the north of the country, reports Bloomberg.
India, Mumbai: Avantha Group Company CG has signed a contract with the national power utility of Paraguay, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), for the design, manufacturing, testing and supply of 245 kV, 72.5 kV and 23 kV switchgear equipment.
USA, Minnesota: Jordan Transformer, LLC, a Minnesota-based provider of transformer remanufacturing, repair and rewind services hit a manufacturing milestone in the past week having built and sold its first mobile substation, manufactured from scratch in Jordan, Minnesota.
USA, Texas: More than $27 million has been approved for infrastructure upgrades at Texas A&M University over the next two years aimed to improve water distribution, data utility and cut back on energy consumption.
European Union, Brussels: Referring to sources familiar with the European Commission proposal of the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) to be enforced next month, Reuters has revealed the countries and tariffs covered by the proposition.
USA, Ohio: Ohio Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. has energized a new $2.4 million substation in West Akron to enhance customer service reliability and help meet future demand for electricity in the area.
USA, New Mexico: A 60-ton power transformer has been offloaded at the site of a new substation on Potash Mine Road as part of the Carlsbad substation upgrade and a $53 million transmission line project in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.
USA, Michigan: NETA, the InterNational Electrical Testing Association and an ANSI Accredited standards developing organization, has launched new editions of the 2015 ANSI/NETA Standard for Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems (ANSI/NETA MTS-2015) and Standard for Certification of Electrical Testing Technicians (ANIS/NETA ETT-2015).
Austria, Weiz: Celebrating the 110th anniversary of the transformer factory in Weiz, Siemens also marked the shipment of its 4,000th manufactured power transformer.
Philippines, Pasig: A Philippines’ manufacturer of distribution transformers First Philippine Electric Corp (First Philec), a subsidiary of First Philippine Holdings, sees itself as a leading Southeast Asian amorphous transformer manufacturer.
China, Beijing: Having missed bond coupon payment last week, an indebted Chinese state-owned firm Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric has secured a last-minute bail-out loan from China Construction Bank (CCB).
USA, Florida: Exxelia USA CEO Richard Bergeron has announced the acquisition of RAF Tabtronics LLC, a designer and manufacturer of custom electromagnetic transformers, inductors, coils and power conversion assemblies.
Transformers Magazine has spoken to some EU transformer manufacturers to gain deeper insight into their expressed concerns about the announced proposition of the enforcement of provisional anti-dumping duties against imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) in the European Union (EU), coming on the eve of the introduction of another new and challenging regulation – EU’s EcoDesign.
USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) announced its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio, has returned to service following a 9 March 2015 shutdown for refuelling and maintenance.
Taiwan, Taipei: One of the two reactors at Taiwan’s third nuclear power plant was shut down early today after a fire broke out in the plant’s non-nuclear zone, according to Taiwan Power Company (Taipower).
Switzerland, Zurich: Brazilian renewables company Casa dos Ventos has awarded a contract worth around $30 million to ABB to provide substations and related power infrastructure enabling the efficient integration of power from two new wind complexes (comprising 13 wind farms) into the country’s transmission grid.