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Poland: The first phase-shifting transformer between Poland and Germany has been put in operation at Mikulowa station in Poland.

In Africa, the Ethiopian Electric Utility and Uganda’s Rural Electrification Agency have announced tenders for the procurement of electrical equipment.

According to vice-president of China Electrical Equipment Industrial Association (CCEIA), China is also moving towards high efficiency transformers, facing the same challenge of balancing performance with cost as that faced by the U.S. and the EU countries.

Belgium, Brussels: China and Serbia signed the agreement over the sale of Serbia’s largest steel producer, Zelezara Smederevo, to Hebei Iron & Steel.

IndexBox Marketing has published a report titled “U.S. Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Market. Analysis and Forecast to 2020.”

Canada, British Columbia: BC Hydro has completed the $23 million (CAD 32 million) Buckley Bay substation which will help meet the growing electricity needs of the Comox Valley.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has completed the upgrade of the Celilo HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station in Oregon, part of Pacific Intertie, the first major HVDC link in U.S. transmission history, originally commissioned by ABB in 1970.

Kenya, Nairobi: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company is inviting bids for 1,000 distribution transformers for the Kenya Electricity Modernization Project (KEMP), for which the government received a loan from the International Development Association (IDA).

India, Delhi: Tata Power-DDL has commissioned a 66/11 kV GIS substation at the Delhi’s commercial and industrial hub Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar (SGTN).

USA, Virginia: The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved Appalachian Power’s request for $80 million improvements to its transmission grid in southwest Virginia.

India, Kolkata: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons is planning to develop centres of knowledge equipped to provide formal industrial training to individuals looking to work in the transformer manufacturing sector.

Russia, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg’s utility company, St. Petersburg Network, will put into operation three modular mobile substations in the north-west of St. Petersburg to ensure reliable power supply to consumers in Petrogradsky and Primorskly regions.

As part of leadership succession planning, ABB has appointed Tauno Heinola as Managing Director of ABB in Australia, effective 1 October 2016.

India, Gujarat: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has placed a $12 million order with Siemens for the procurement of seven auto transformers to be installed at Bhuj, in the state of Gurajat.

Germany, Erlangen: Siemens has received a $147 million (€130 million) order from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), for an HVDC (high-voltage direct-current) back-to-back link to connect the power supply networks of India and Bangladesh.

India, Jammu and Kashmir: 62 damaged distribution transformers of different capacities have been replaced in Hiranagar constituency in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Croatia, Zagreb: Croatian transformer manufacturer KONČAR – Power Transformers (KPT) has successfully tested three single-phase transformers for a customer in Peru.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order from Singapore Power (SP) PowerAssets for the supply of five shunt reactors to be installed in three SP PowerAssets substations.

Russia, Moscow: An international steel producer, NLMK, which operates facilities in Russia, the USA and the EU, has been certified by ABB as a qualified supplier of transformer steel.

Ireland, Dublin: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Transformer Monitoring Solutions Market” report to their offering.

Switzerland, Zurich: Five substations have been commissioned in India to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid.

Vietnam, Gia Lai Province: Pleiku 2 transformer station in Ia Kenh commune, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, has been equipped with two power transformers that were put in operation on 10 June.

Turkey, Istanbul: Turkish electricity supplier Akcez Enerji Yatırımları Sanayi ve Ticaret (AKCEZ) has received a long-term refinancing package worth $325 million to fund the projects aiming to increase efficiency of power distribution in the country.

India, Uttar Pradesh: The consortium of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A. from Spain has been awarded a design and construction order worth $126 million from Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) for electrification works for 417-km section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor from Mughalsarai to New Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh.