Victoria, Australia: TransGrid’s project to upgrade the Victoria-NSW Interconnector VNI is now 55% complete and on track to be completed this year.
Ireland, County Clare: ESB, the Irish Utility announced the launch of GREEN ATLANTIC at Moneypoint site in Country Clare Ireland.
Uganda, Entebbe: Uganda’s main electricity distribution company has announced construction of a new 20 MVA substation.
UK, Stoke-on-Trent: Linxon has awarded Kirby Group Engineering a subcontract for the onshore substation mechanical and electrical installation.
Nigeria, Lafia: Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has disclosed that construction works on the 330/132/33V substation in Lafia have been completed.
Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya’s electricity distribution utility, Kenya Power, has added another substation to its growing network.
Croatia, Zagreb: The contract was signed between ABB Power Grids Zagreb and TSO KOSTT to build a new substation.
South Africa, Port Elizabeth: A fire at a substation in North End is distinguished on 4 April as electricity disruptions continue in the area.
Niepołomice, Poland: Tesar Polska successfully finished the construction of a dry-type transformer with an assembled earthing switch.
The $22 M (£17 M) facility has been delivering power to homes and businesses in St. Helier since late 2018, and its exterior has recently been completed.
US: Green Mountain Power wants to invest $15.5 M to upgrade transmission lines and build a new substation to help reduce the strain on the power grid.
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan’s Azerishig OJSC completely reconstructed the 110 / 35 / 6 kV substation ETK-4 to improve energy supply in Baku’s Binagadi district, spokesman for the company Tanriverdi Mustafayev said.
Rwanda: The African Development Bank (AfDB), Embassy of Germany in Rwanda and the KfW Development Bank joined the government of Rwanda to inaugurate the high voltage 188 MVA Shango power substation in the capital Kigali and its related transmission network.
India: L&T Construction has won a design, supply, and construction contract for a 132 kV substation in the UAE.
TenneT and local politicians inaugurated a substation in Germany’s Hessen region.
Qatar: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has completed the commissioning of Al Bidaa Metro substation.
Germany: German transmission grid operator TransnetBW has commissioned Siemens to build new switchgear in the 380 kV Daxlanden substation in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.
Australia, Canberra: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government is securing the region’s future electricity supply with a new substation in Canberra’s north-west.
Larsen and Toubro’s (L&T) power transmission and distribution unit has secured a key contract for the design, supply, and construction of a 220 kV substation from the UAE government.
UK: More than $1.9 M (£1.5 M) is being spent to improve power supplies at a substation on the edge of Haverfordwest.
US: Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative (BREC) announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a $2.5 M grant under the 2019 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative for the installation of 270 km (168 miles) of fiber from its corporate office in Gallipolis.
Sweden, Stockholm: Linxon will upgrade an electrical substation for Svenska kraftnät, with ABB as their main supplier.
Australia, Queensland: A new $9.4 M project to provide upgrades to the Palmwoods substation has kicked off in Queensland and is set to help secure power supply for the expanding Sunshine Coast community.
Iran: The first phase of a 132 kV substation in Choram County came online and construction on the second phase started, the Iranian Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.