Luxembourg, Avenue de la Liberté: Leading steel producer ArcelorMittal has developed a new intermediate class of grain oriented electrical steels (GOES), helping transformer manufacturers to meet environmental targets.
Spain, Madrid: Amid fears of petroleum shortages and increasing environmental pressures, natural esters – commonly known as vegetable oils – have emerged as a renewable, biodegradable alternative to traditional mineral-based transformer oil.
India, Lucknow: Three power transformers at the Sarojininagar transmission centre tripped on Saturday afternoon causing outage in the city in the sweltering heat.
Azerbaijan, Baku: JSC Bakyelektrikshebeke (electricity distribution and sale of Baku) is building a new power substation in Hazi Aslanov, near Baku.
India, Bangalore: After a transformer blast at Koramangala a few weeks ago, faults with electrical installations have been revealed. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has found that the percentage of distribution transformers failure (includes step-up and step-down transformers) has become the highest in the last five years.
Nigeria: The director-general (DG) of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Ezra Dikki, has encouraged Shanghai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering Company Limited (SPTDE) to establish a power transformer manufacturing company.
Germany, Regensburg: E.ON distribution system operators (DSOs) in Germany will put up to 180 new voltage-regulated distribution transformers (VRDTs) into service by the end of the year.
USA, New York: Niagara Transformer Corp. is completing the first phase of a multi-step expansion in order to meet growing demand for products.
USA, California: According to a new study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc., the global power transformer market is expected to reach $ 18.55 billion by 2020 due to growing energy demand.
Sri Lanka: LTL Holdings has won an order to supply more than a 1000 power transformers to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), beating prospective suppliers from Nepal, China, India and Turkey.
USA, New York: Tomorrow Daniel Assandri, CEO of ABB in Canada, will participate as a speaker at Sustainable Energy for All Forum (SE4ALL) at United Nations, New York City.
Argentina, Corrientes: The opening ceremony took place at the Government House attended by the Secretary of Energy of the Province, Marcelo Gatti.
Argentina, Jujuy: Transnoa delivered one of four new power transformers to Jujuy and at the same time, completed the repair of two others.
USA, Michigan: About 70 gallons of oil leaked out of a power transformer at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant near South Haven on Thursday.
USA, Ohio:Toledo Edison (a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.) is completing the testing of new power transformers installed at two large substations that will help enhance service reliability in the area and meet the expected increase in power demand in the summer.
USA, West Virginia: A power transformer caught on fire and caused two explosions at the John Amos Plant in Putnam County, reported Putnam County Sheriff Steve DeWeese.
India, Calangute: A new power transformers has been commissioned in Calangute following voltage fluctuations.
Algeria, Naama: Eighty new power transformers were commissioned throughout the province under the 2014 Emergency Plan according to the officials of Sonelgaz.
Russia, Vladivostok: FGC UES will complete the reconstruction of the existing 220 kV substation Volna by the end of 2014, with a total investment of RUB 174 million ($ 5 million).
India, Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced its construction division had won a new order worth INR 1,470 crore ($ 251 million) in the Power Transmission & Distribution Business.
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a contract to modernise Lontsch hydroelectric plant, located in Canton Glarus in central Switzerland.
USA, California: Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is renovating its Alto Substation at the moment, which plays a large role in the company’s electricity distribution system serving nearly 23,000 customers.
Italy, Rome: Terna Group has signed the closing for the acquisition of the entire capital of Tamini Trasformatori S.r.l. (Tamini) and of its subsidiaries as part of the implementation of Non Traditional Activities.
France, Levallois-Perret: General Electric (GE) and Siemens defended rival proposals to buy Alstom’s power business on Tuesday.