USA, Pennsylvania: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will invest more than $570 million in infrastructure and vehicle rehabilitation projects in Fiscal Year 2015 to restore essential infrastructure that supports safe and efficient service to its more than 1.1 million daily riders.
USA, New Jersey: Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. a Fort Lee-based manufacturer of liquid-filled and dry-type transformers, has announced that its Pioneer CEP subsidiary had acquired substantially all of the assets of Pacific Power Systems Integration, Inc.
Switzerland, Geneva: The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled on Friday that China was not complying with its 2012 findings that duties added to high-value grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) products were inconsistent with the group’s rules.
Germany, Mannheim: Röchling Engineering Plastics, a German manufacturer of transformer insulation and construction materials, is changing the organisation and management of the High-Performance Plastics division, looking to improve organization and secure global growth.
Sweden, Stockholm: Messko Nordic AB took over the representation of HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
China, Hubei Province: Alstom has been awarded the Ezhou Power Plant phase III generator step-up transformer contract by Hubei Energy Group Co., Ltd.
Georgia, Tbilisi: Georgia’s Ministry of Energy has officially launched the construction of the €13 million Khorga substation in Khobi Municipality, Akhalsopeli village in western Georgia.
Canada, Ontario: A wicked summer storm that swept through parts of southern Ontario Sunday evening left thousands in the dark as the severe weather system brought with it heavy rain, hail and high winds.
Iraq, Bagdad: Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced that Siemens has signed a contract for electricity substation work in Iraq including the supply of electrical equipment and civil works for several 132 kV gas insulated substations, according to Arabian Industry.
Russia, Amur Oblast: Russia’s Federal Grid Company (FGC) is upgrading 220 kV Blagoveshchensk and Belogorsk substations to increase the electricity supply into the distribution grid of the Amur region and the power centre of one of the main Trans-Siberian Railway stations.
Australia, Queensland: Powerlink has completed construction of the Yuleba North Substation in the North West Surat Basin, which will act as the central point for more than 200 kilometres of new high voltage transmission lines, supplying power to six gas processing facilities in Queensland.
USA, Alabama: The city of Athens and Athens Utilities have begun a $12 million electric system expansion project that includes construction of new substations and continued line enhancements.
India, Tamil Nadu: Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract by Essar Projects India Limited worth close to €11 million to supply transformers package for Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (NNTPP) located in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
India, Tamil Nadu: Indian diversified public sector undertaking (PSU) Andrew Yule & Company (AYCL) is looking to buying a transformer unit in Tamil Nadu, Chairman Kallol Datta said.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to shortly grant a loan worth €85 million to fund a project of building an interconnection between Guinea and Senegal.
India, Andhra Pradesh: The indoor substation being built on the Museum Road in Vijayawada in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India dedicated for the Chief Minister’s camp office is in advanced stages of completion and is likely to be ready by August 15.
Markets and Markets has announced the release of a new market research report “Smart Transformers Market by Type (Power, Distribution, Specialty, and Instrument), Application (Smart Grid, Traction Locomotive, Electric Vehicle Charging, and Others) & by Region – Global Trends & Forecast to 2020”.
USA, New York: It was revealed that a fire protection regulation has been violated at Indian Point after a transformer fire in May, inspectors said Thursday.
Siemens was granted two contracts by Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) for the turnkey offer which includes the construction of three substations in Qatar and the supply of air-insulated switchgears.
USA, Tyngsboro: A fire and power cuts were caused by a transformer explosion on Middlesex Road according to the report of the Tyngsboro police.
USA, Phoenix (KSAZ): Around 877 customers were left without power due to a transformer fire in the area of 28th Avenue and Bell.
HA NOI (VNS) – Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) plans to raise VND600 trillion (US$27.9 billion) in the period between 2016 and 2020 via official development assistance loans, as well as domestic and international bonds, in order to fulfill an investment demand.
General Electric Co (GE.N) Chief Executive Jeff Immelt declined on Friday to consider alternatives to the U.S. conglomerate’s planned purchase of Alstom’s (ALSO.PA) power business despite resistance from European antitrust regulators.
ABB, a global power and automation technology leader, has won an order worth about $450 million to link the power grids of the United Kingdom and Norway, increasing security of power supply for both countries and supporting the integration of more renewable wind and hydroelectric power into their networks.