#substation

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) awarded a contract sum of $592 M (N226 B) for power supply upgrade in Nigeria.

Kenya Power and Lighting Company to construct new substations and power lines to strengthen the electricity distribution network.

USA, Texas, Dumas: Xcel Energy has completed the construction of the new Demon Substation near Dumas as a system upgrade to improve power reliability.

Germany, Saltzgitter: Salzgitter AG has commissioned Siemens Energy to build a new substation for Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s power supply.

China, Sichuan: China is building an ultra-high voltage substation at the highest altitude in the country so far.

ANDE has reached 60 % completion of the expansion, modernization and interconnection works of the Alto Paraná substation, located in Ciudad del Este.

Kenya’s Ministry of Energy has confirmed that a major substation that will serve Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, is to be commissioned later this year.

India, Punjab: Hartek Power Pvt Ltd has installed and commissioned a 400 kV/125 MVAr reactor at the 400/220 kV Dhuri substation in Punjab.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Port Harcourt Water Corporation has issued a call for tenders to construct a power station and instal a 5 MVA 33 kV/11 kV power transformer.

USA, Louisiana, Carlyss: Entergy Louisiana is building a new substation in Carlyss, with four distribution powerlines to support residential growth in the area.

USA, Washington, Malaga: Chelan County Power Utility District (PUD) is building an $86 M substation to power the Microsoft data centre campus in Malaga, USA.

Transgrid has installed first batch of steel towers within a power transmission project to interconnect New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

New Zealand: Transpower has cancelled a grid emergency in New Zealand after Cyclone Gabrielle flooded the Redclyffe Substation on 14 February.

UK, Porthmadog: The ship transporting the transformer will be anchored off Morfa Bychan before unloading the transformer to the beach.

Nigeria, Abuja: Transmission Company of Nigeria received a 100 MVA transformer for its Katampe 132/33 kV transmission substation.

State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co has begun construction of a 750 kV power transmission project in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

UK, Liverpool: National Grid has connected Statskraft’s new Greener Grid Park at its 275 kV substation to the power transmission network.

Nigeria, Abuja: Nigeria is to develop new power transmission lines across the country, with its government approving a contract to activate a 132.32 kVA substation.

Philippines, Iloilo: MORE Power, Iloilo City’s electric distribution utility, has announced the energization of the 30/36 MVA substation.

India, Mumbai: Adani Electricity has commissioned its 100th power distribution substation that will help cater to power demand in the Mumbai suburbs.

Mexico, El Paredon: Transformer manufacturer CHINT has successfully delivered two 115 kV power transformers to Mexico’s oil company Pemex.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced the construction of a power substation to increase the country’s power transmission capacity.

The new 110/22 kV Borský Svätý Jur substation has been recently commissioned in Slovakia.

The construction of a 33–11 kV Saranghat substation in the rural municipality of Tanahun has been completed.