#power transmission

Romania, Bucharest: Investments are underway to contribute to the European Union’s goal to establish an internal market and provide clean energy for everyone.

Philippines: National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) targets to invest up to $9 B (P463 B) in the next 10 years to improve the country’s power transmission backbone.

To help prevent disruption in power transmission in East Azerbaijan Province, a mobile substation will be synchronized with the national grid in June.

Germany: Siemens has announced its plans to spin off and give up the majority stake in its Gas and Power division and related services businesses.

USA, Colorado: A Denver-based company, Anschutz Corporation, plans to start building a $3 billion, 725-mile (1,166 km) TransWest Express transmission line in 2020.

India, Vadodara: The Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) is planning an investment of $1.7 billion to build 400 new substations and add 10,000 circuit kilometres of transmission line by 2021-22.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo: Bosnian state-owned power transmission system operator Elektroprenos BiH signed a $2.9 million (€2.5 million) deal with a consortium of local companies and the Serbian unit of German engineering group Siemens for the construction of a power 110/20(10)/10 kV transformer within the existing substation.

UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has approved a $6.4 billion budget for 2016.

Indonesia, Sumatra: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide $600 million loan to Indonesia’s state electricity corporation, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), to upgrade transmission and distribution system in Sumatra.

South Africa: South Africa’s largest utility company Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. signed a 150 million-euro (nearly $160 million) credit agreement with France’s development agency to enhance reliability of the power grid and help the power company improve distribution of electricity.

India, Chandigarh: Haryana state government has revealed plans of commissioning and expansion of hundreds of new and existing substations of various capacities in the next three years in order to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in the state.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy has made an investment of $690 million in the Ohio Edison service area on power transmission and distribution infrastructure, including building new transmission lines, new substations, and installing new power transformers.

Ireland, Dublin: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “India Power and Distribution Transformers Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” report to their offering.

Oman, Muscat: Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OTEC) has awarded a $ 25 million contract to Spanish multinational corporation Abengoa to implement a new power transmission project.

Czech Republic: CEPS, Czech Republic’s energy transmission network firm will receive a $227 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade the electricity transmission infrastructure in the country.

India, New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government plans to fund up to 75% of the investment required to supply electricity through separate feeders for agricultural and rural domestic consumption.

Israel: Megalim Solar Power (a JV of Alstom and BrightSource) and has been awarded a loan to construct the Ashalim Thermal Solar Power Station in Israel-the country’s first solar power plant.

Algeria, Tindouf: A total of 23 new power transformers have been provided in the Sonelgaz emergency plan in 2014 for the province.

Yemen, Sana’a: Abdullah al-Akwa, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Electricity and Turkish ambassador to Yemen, Fazli Çorman, discussed the cooperation between the two countries in electricity field.

Pakistan, Lahore: According to reports, the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) has virtually run out of transformers causing an ‘alarming’ situation, ‘which can turn critical’.