India, Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) will be embarking upon a major distribution network strengthening project in the urban and rural areas in the next couple of months.
South Korea: South Korea’s trading firm Daewoo International Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding with the Egyptian government on electric power transmission and distribution procurement for $200 million.
Germany: MR has completed its first retrofit project in Japan managed by the Reinhausen Solutions Co. (RJP) company, newly established at the end of 2014.
USA, South Carolina: A transformer at the Oconee nuclear power plant in South Carolina caught fire on Sunday 6 March, burning for about 30 minutes, but no nuclear material was in danger of being released, Reuters reports.
Canada, Saskatchewan: An improperly installed transformer caused a damaging power surge to 27 Saskatoon homes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
USA, New York: The New York Power Authority (NYPA), the U.S. largest state public power organization, has received an Electric Power Research Institute Technology Transfer Award for research that sheds new light on the failure of transformer bushings.
Syndicate Market Research has made available a new report titled “Smart Transformers Market – Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2014 – 2020”.
USA, New York: GE has announced the company will provide a turnkey project to Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz) for the Bouchemma power plant.
USA, Virginia & New Jersey: The Schaffner Group, provider of electronic systems solutions and engineered low and medium voltage transformer, has announced a new sales structure in North America with a new entity Schaffner North America, Power Solutions.
ReportnReports has made available a new market research report titled “Busbar Market by Power Rating, End User & by Region – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2020”.
USA, New Hampshire: During the next three years, Eversource Energy will be upgrading the aging electrical infrastructure in the city of Keene in the Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering (KET) announced the company has started preparatory work on the reconstruction project of Kutina transformer station.
Russia: EuroSibEnergo, Russia’s largest privately-held power producer, announced a $200 million New Energy modernization program of its Siberian hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Angara and Yenisei rivers.
India, Tamil Nadu: 13 new substations have been proposed to be erected in Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Russia, St. Petersburg: Power Machines has been awarded a contract by Eurosibenergo for the reconstruction of the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station equipment, including engineering design, manufacturing and delivery.
India, Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro Limited has announced the company’s Power Transmission & Distribution division won orders worth over $147 million, including a major order for an electrification upgrade in the Middle East.
India, Delhi: In an attempt to augment the city’s transmission network, the Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) has commissioned six projects, completed at a cost of $20 million, which have increased Delhi’s transformation capacity by 740 MVA.
Bangladesh, Dhaka: A power transformer at Desh Energy power plant in Narayanganj, Bangladesh has been gutted in a fire on Friday morning.
Russia, Moscow Oblast: MOESK has completed reconstruction of the 110 kV Fryazino substation in the city of Fryazino in the Moscow Oblast.
USA, Michigan: A Grand Haven, Michigan-based transformer manufacturer Grand Transformers (GTI) has expanded its footprint to the east coast with the acquisition of a New Hampshire-based company Warner Power.
India: Tata Power, India’s integrated power company, has partnered with Toshiba and Cargill to design and develop India’s first green natural ester based pad-mounted substation.
USA, Kentucky: The U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) used a unique method to remove and dispose of PCB oil taken from transformers at the site.
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has acquired a majority share in CEDASPE power Srl, a company based in Italy and with foreign subsidiaries. This will take effect on January 1, 2016.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order from SP PowerGrid to supply four 66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations for the city-state of Singapore, the manufacturer states in the press release.