India, Pune: The report “High Voltage Equipment Market by Type (Power Transformers, Switchgear, Switches, Control, Reactive Power, Instrument Transformer, Relay Panel, Earthing Equipment, Battery Set), by Voltage & by Region – Global Forecast & Trends to 2020” is now available.
China: Dandong Xintai Electric (Xintai Electric) announced on Thursday that it has signed a binding letter of intent with TMC, Italian cast resin transformer manufacturer.
USA, Ohio: Fire crews battled flames and heavy smoke at the American Electric Power’s Gavin Plant in Cheshire, Ohio on Sunday afternoon.
India, Chandigarh: The Chandigarh-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hartek Power has commissioned a 40 MW substation project near Banmore in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.
USA, New York: 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.
India, Agra: Marson’s Electrical Industries, an Indian manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has received the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation for its test lab, making it the only company in Eastern India with this accredit recognition.
South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, is planning to spend more than $35 million over the next three years on…
Croatia, Zagreb: Končar – Distribution & Special Transformers Inc. (D&ST) has shipped a 25 MVA power transformer to a transformer substation in the far north of Finland, close to the town of Sodankylä in the province of Lapland.
Norway, Oslo: Wide areas of downtown Oslo and the western districts of the capital were hit by power failures around midday on Wednesday, including the Parliament and Oslo’s metro system.
USA, North Carolina: ABB has officially launched a new initiative that will support electrical utilities in the United States and address U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) concerns around physical security for the power grid’s most critical transmission and distribution substations and transformers.
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a €29 million ($31 million) loan agreement with Finnish energy company Pohjois-Karjalan Sähkö Oy to upgrade one of the largest distribution networks in Finland and improve the security of supply to the company’s customers.
Spanish engineering and construction company Abengoa has been awarded contracts to design and install two power transmission projects in Argentina at a total value of $49M.
Egypt, Cairo: According to the sources at the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity cited by The Daily News Egypt, next week the Ministry will sign a contract with a high voltage electric equipment manufacturer XD Egemac, which will include construction of four transformer stations in Benban.
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has placed over $60 million orders with ABB for the supply of three turnkey substation solutions for residential and industrial areas in Dubai, as part of UAE’s efforts to strengthen power infrastructure.
Canada, British Columbia: Canadian North Shore in British Columbia has been hit by a series of substation explosions which left thousands of B.C. Hydro customers without power.
China, Beijing: China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has today commenced an anti-dumping investigation over a type of iron based alloy imported from the U.S. and Japan.
Spain: Abengoa, a Seville-based international company supplying technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded the engineering and construction contract for two new power transmission lines, a substation and the extension of an existing line in Chile, worth more than $180 million.
Italy, Cesano Boscone: Tecsystem, an Italian provider of temperature control devices for electrical machines and transformers, has launched a new system for the protection of hermetic oil-filled transformers, able to monitor the level, pressure and temperature of transformer oil.
A new report titled “Dry Type Transformer Market – Global Forecast to 2020” predicts the global dry type transformer market is expected to reach $5.38 billion by 2020 from $4.16 billion in 2015, at a CAGR of 5.3%.
Germany, Munich: Siemens has signed a far-reaching agreement with the Hidrocarbon and Energy Ministry of Bolivia on energy cooperation and future collaboration in the field of products and services for the oil & gas industry
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Tatek Transformers Production Factory operated by the Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) is preparing to export transformers to East African countries, with orders already placed by some neighbouring countries, reports All Africa.
Russia, Zaporozhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has completed the testing of the first power transformer manufactured for National Grid Saudi Arabia, as part of their first transformer contract awarded by Saudi Arabia.
Germany: After over 15 years, comprehensive retrofit measurements have been implemented on the 80 MVA phase shifter transformer owned by German electricity provider Allgäuer Überlandwerk GmbH (AÜW), which was commissioned in the 1990s.
Zimbabwe, Harare: Zimbabwe’s Energy and Power Development minister commissioned two of the seven transformers being installed in the country under a $40 million emergency power infrastructure rehabilitation project aimed at increasing the power and water supply.