Argentina, Catamarca: Catamarca Province Governor and president of the local energy company EC SAPEM oversaw the work on the installation of a 20 MVA transformer at the South transformer station located in the province capital San Fernando del Valle.
India, Karnataka: Alstom T&D India has secured a $9 million (INR 569 million) order from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to provide a 220/11 kV, 25/31.5 MVA substation for its Challakere unit in Chitradurga, Karnataka.
China, Baoding: Chinese power transformer manufacturer Baoding Tianwei Group Co. said it is uncertain it can pay bond interest due next week after China’s onshore debt market this month had its second default ever.
USA, Connecticut: Innovative Research and Products Inc. (iRAP) has published a new report on global transformers market “Power and Distribution Transformers – Technologies, Materials, Applications, New Developments, Industry Structure and Global Markets”.
Germany, Hannover: Alstom will present two first high-voltage applications using g3 (green gas for grid), a gas mixture that can replace SF6 for high voltage air-insulated or gas-insulated switchgear, at the 2015 Hanover Messe.
Ireland, Dublin: Developer Mainstream Renewable Power has placed a first order for Siemens’ new offshore transmission module (OTM) for its 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe development off Scotland.
Germany, Hannover: Schneider Electric will showcase several innovations for MV distribution at Hannover Messe 2015, including the new regulated transformer Minera SGrid, according to Voltimum.
Malaysia, Selangor: Indkom Engineering, a Malaysian manufacturer of power distribution equipment and one of the largest suppliers of the national utility company Tenaga Nasional, is looking to expand its business on the international front, with China, Yemen, Jordan, Brunei, Singapore and Saudi Arabia on its radar for new business opportunities.
Kenya, Nairobi: At least one student has died and more than 100 have been injured in a stampede at a Kenyan university after they mistook a power transformer blast for an attack, officials say.
Colombia, Bogota: Empresa de Energia de Bogota (EEB) is connecting the town of Cienaga in Magdalena department to the 110 kV Rio Cordoba substation as part of the expansion of the regional transmission system.
Canada, Ontario: GRID20/20, Inc., a distribution transformer monitoring (DTM) intra-grid sensor provider, has formally announced its release of OptaNODE™ HESS, an organically developed, multi-purpose software platform.
Poland, Lubliniec: EthosEnergy Poland S.A. has been awarded a contract for the design, manufacture, transportation and assembly of four 150 MVA 242/13.8 kV generator step-up and two 6 MVA 13.8/6 kV auxiliary transformers for the Porabka-Zar hydropower station in Poland.
USA, Washington D.C.: A blown transformer caused widespread power outages which affected the White House, the Capitol, Smithsonian museums, Metrorail stations, the University of Maryland and other sites across Washington and its Maryland suburbs Tuesday afternoon.
Russia, Buryatia: The Federal Grid Company (FGC) has upgraded the 220 kV Selenduma substation in Buryati with nine new current transformers.
Russia, Moscow: ABB participated in the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association of Russian Energy Cities, Progress Elektro, held from 25-26 March in the Government House of Moscow Oblast.
USA, Washington: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) seeks bids to supply a power transformer to the 810 MW Little Goose hydroelectric project on the Snake River in Washington.
Canada, Ontario: Torus Power, a subsidiary of Plitron Manufacturing and maker of isolation-transformer-based power components, has appointed Karma AV as its new distributor in the United Kingdom.
Germany, Regensburg: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) has launched a new solution for reliable operation of the tap changer, TAPMOTION® ED ISM® motor-drive unit.
USA, Philadelphia: Morgan Schaffer, North American provider of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) monitoring equipment the producer of the world’s only commercially available gas-in-oil standards, has announced the opening of Morgan Schaffer USA in Philadelphia.
Canada, Quebec: After a failure of a transformer at Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) mining plant in Saguenay, Quebec, over 20,000 litres of transformer insulating oil was spilled, reported regional authorities.
USA, Missouri: Ameren crews have replaced a Boonville transformer with a new 22 MW power transformer as part of a $2.6 million project.
Germany, Regensburg: The Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen’s (MR) on-load tap-changer test centre in Regensburg has been certified by Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) in accordance with the standard DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
Togo, Lome: The Sokode electrical transformer station, situated about 350 km north of the Togo capital Lome, has been inaugurated by presidents of the West African countries Togo and Benin.
USA, Texas: Marks Crane & Rigging, a company offering heavy haul and specialised transportation services has been engaged by SPX, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of electrical equipment, to hoist and move three large power transformers.