USA, Washington D.C.: On 4 December 2015 President Obama signed into law the so-called “FAST Act”— Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act – which includes energy security amendments to the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), several of which affect utilities and other parties in the electric industry such as regulators, owners, operators, and users of electric generation and transmission infrastructure.
HELSINKI, Finland: Eltel, a European provider of power infrastructure services, has won a contract for a full rebuild of two 130 kV substations in Sweden – Söderåsen and Mörarp owned by E.ON Elnät Sverige AB.
UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has approved a $6.4 billion budget for 2016.
USA, Washington D.C.: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a proposal under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that a person importing into the United States any covered product or equipment, including power transformers, subject to an applicable energy conservation standard provide a certification of admissibility to the DOE.
Poland, Łódź: US private equity outfit Highlander Partners has sold Polish power transformer producer ZREW Transformatory to R&S International Holding, a Swiss manufacturer of electrical products owned by Swiss GP CGS Management.
Nepal: A huge increase in electricity demand in the past few months has taken a toll over the distribution mechanism of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts in Nepal, with the state-owned utility Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) running out of stock of transformers.
Pakistan, Multan: The Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) has decided to install 40 MVA power transformer at 132 kV Jehanian grid station with a $500,000 investment.
USA, Oregon: Pacific Crest Transformers (PCT) announces has opened a new manufacturing facility in Monterey, Mexico, adding to the company’s overall capacity and creating more jobs at the Medford, Oregon facility.
USA, New York: A power transformer fell off a delivery truck into the roadway on the south side of Public Square in Watertown, NY, leaking 795 litres of oil.
USA, Mississippi: A new $1 million power transformer has arrived to the southwest substation in Tupelo, Mississippi, after a piece of equipment malfunctioned in June, causing the transformer on Cliff Gookin Blvd. to explode.
USA, Michigan: 455-ton transformer blocked traffic in Oshtemo Township, Michigan on its way to a new electric substation in Van Buren County’s Almena Township.
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: HeiTech Padu Bhd, which recently ventured into the electrical, mechanical and civil engineering business for the energy sector, has won a $6 million contract from Malaysia’s largest electric utility company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).
Russia, Krasnodar Krai: Kubanenergo, a Russian power generation, transmission and distribution company, has completed the first stage of the reconstruction of the 110 kV OBD substation in Krasnodar, replacing the critical power equipment in this largest electricity supply centre in the city.
India, Jammu and Kashmir: During a recent inspection, the Power Development Department (PDD) officials have found that over 5,000 transformers in Kashmir do not bear the names of manufacturing companies or date of their production.
Kyrgyzstan, Toktogul: A special commission has been established to investigate the causes of the failure of a recently repaired transformer at the Toktogul Hydro Power Plant, which had caused an emergency outage of HPP’s units 1 and 2.
Philippines, Nueva Vizcaya: To meet rapidly growing local power demand, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is implementing major power line projects costing close to $22 million in the Cagayan Valley region, including the expansion of existing substations.
A new market research report titled “Global and Chinese Power Supply Transformer Industry, 2010-2020 Market Research Report” is now available.
Russia, Moscow: Federal Grid Company has put into operation new equipment at the 500 kV Kaskadnaya substation, as part of the second stage of this newly built power station set up in the south-east of Moscow.
Azerbaijan: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended opening of several electrical substations in the country and launched the new 220 kV Buzovna-2 substation.
Nigeria: The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has begun the installation of 100 transformers within states in the South-East Nigeria to boost electricity supply.
France: One of the reactors at France’s Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant has been shut down due to a faulty transformer.
USA, New York: New York regulators have decided to move ahead with improvements proposed for over 250 kilometres (156 miles) of high-voltage transmission lines in the state of New York, US.
Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed a $260.7 million (€238 million) contract with a consortium comprising Siemens and El Sewedy Electric T&D for the construction of six power transformer stations.
India, Mumbai: An Indian power transformer manufacturer IMP Powers Ltd has successfully conducted the short circuit test at CPRI, Bangalore on four 100 MVA power transformers.