USA, Massachusetts: With Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts shutting down permanently in mid-2019, the site is being considered by another energy producer for the construction of a new power substation to be built as part of the $1.5 billion sub-Atlantic transmission project.
Canada, British Columbia: Two new power transformers have been delivered to the site of the Big Bend substation being built by BC Hydro in south Burnaby, British Columbia.
Australia, the Gold Coast: The Gold Coast’s electricity grid will receive an $18 million (AUD 25 million) revamp ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Nepal, Kathmandu: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced an international tender for two substations on a turnkey basis.
USA, Minnesota: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) authorized a call for bids for an addition of a power transformer and associated improvements to the South Side Substation in New Ulm, Minnesota.
Russia: Russian companies Ruselprom-Transformer, Electroenergetics and Togliatti Transformer have developed, designed and delivered a special reactor for the Kafa substation located in Feodosia on the Black Sea coast.
Germany, Künzelsau: The Künzelsau-based fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg is constructing a new building in the Hohenlohe Business Park in Baden-Württemberg for the manufacture of energy-efficient electric drives and fans.
France, Paris: GE has announced it recently introduced the first environmentally-friendly transformer designed for railway applications in Germany.
The Philippines, Manila: The National Grid Corportion of the Philippines (NGCP) has upgraded its Tuguegarao substation in order to accommodate the growing demand coming from a new airport and several local businesses in four provinces in the Northern Luzon.
India, Telengana: Telengana state in India will receive funding of $6 billion from the Union Government to develop the state power sector and improve the efficiency of the electricity distribution companies, Transco and Power Generation Corporation.
Germany, Hamburg: Siemens has received a further order for Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (BOWL), from Scotland.
Tata Steel has met with all seven bidders looking to buy its UK assets, reports Money Control.
Kosovo, Pristina: Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company (KEDS) has announced a €300 million investment in the national electricity distribution network by 2025.
Russia, St. Petersburg: The joint venture Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has completed production of two power transformers for the Salda substation in the Sverdlovsk region, operated by the Federal Grid Company.
Siemens announced the company has recently delivered line feeder transformers to Banedanmark, Danish largest railway owner.
Canada, British Columbia: BC Hydro has completed a major $47m expansion of the George Tripp substation in Victoria, BC, an investment forming part of a major capital plan for the improvement of the electricity infrastructure on the Vancouver Island.
For the first time, two sister platforms in an offshore wind farm will be connected by means of a bridge system with the aid of a new, flexible high-voltage cable with a conductor cross section of 800 mm2.
Canada, Saskatchewan: SaskPower will be spending $82.5 million (CAD108 million) in the coming months to upgrade the provincial power grid in order to decrease the number of unplanned power outages, one third of which are the result of aging infrastructure.
Nigeria, Abuja: The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is investing more than $15 million into the equipment to boost power infrastructure in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
India, Maharashtra: Following a death of one person in a transformer blast that took place in Chinchwad on 7 May, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) decided to install tin sheet covers over 744 transformers in the city to improve public safety.
Kenya: Kenya’s state-owned power utility, Kenya Power, will install 20 new transformers in the North Coast by the end of June in an effort to stabilise electricity supply in the area and address frequent outages.
Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has concluded a transformer supply contract with the steel company ArcelorMittal Temirtau.
Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a $2 million transformer station extension project by the Management Committee of Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte de Argentina (FOTAE).
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