#substation

USA, Washington: Seattle City Light plans to start work next month on the $209.5 million Denny Substation in South Lake Union, which will distribute power to north downtown of Seattle, Washington.

USA, Rhode Island: The National Grid expects to start construction on a new substation near the South Street Landing project, in Providence, Rhode Island, next month.

Argentine, Mendoza: Argentinian utility Edemsa has officially opened a new transformer station Las Viñas at Villa Seca in Tunuyán in order to provide a better electricity service in this famous wine-growing region in Mendoza province, Argentine.

USA, Michigan: 455-ton transformer blocked traffic in Oshtemo Township, Michigan on its way to a new electric substation in Van Buren County’s Almena Township.

USA, New York: New York regulators have decided to move ahead with improvements proposed for over 250 kilometres (156 miles) of high-voltage transmission lines in the state of New York, US.

Russia, Khabarovsk: The substation 110/35/6 kV feeding the Khabarovsk Novy Airport will be upgraded with the third power transformer at a cost of over $2,5 million (171 million rubles).

USA, Iowa: Iowa electric utility Alliant Energy is building several big substations in Cedar Rapids with an aim to replace and retire a lot of small substations, as part of $210 million investment in electrical distribution projects in 2015.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Eskom has installed a $10 million transformer in Arconhoek in Mpumalanga province in a bid to ensure reliable power supply to the communities in rural Bushbuckridge local municipality.

USA, New York: Rochester Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, has received two substation transformers, which make key components of the Ginna Retirement Transmission Alternative (GRTA).

India, Chandigarh: The Chandigarh-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hartek Power has commissioned a 40 MW substation project near Banmore in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.

South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, is planning to spend more than $35 million over the next three years on…

Croatia, Zagreb: Končar – Distribution & Special Transformers Inc. (D&ST) has shipped a 25 MVA power transformer to a transformer substation in the far north of Finland, close to the town of Sodankylä in the province of Lapland.

Spanish engineering and construction company Abengoa has been awarded contracts to design and install two power transmission projects in Argentina at a total value of $49M.

Canada, British Columbia: Canadian North Shore in British Columbia has been hit by a series of substation explosions which left thousands of B.C. Hydro customers without power.

Spain: Abengoa, a Seville-based international company supplying technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded the engineering and construction contract for two new power transmission lines, a substation and the extension of an existing line in Chile, worth more than $180 million.

Luxembourg: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a financing agreement worth $72 million to fund the development of energy projects in Jordan.

India, Mumbai: Power Transmission & Distribution division of Larsen & Toubro Limited has won substation construction orders in the international and domestic markets worth $115 million in total.

Mexico, Mexico City: Mexico’s federal utility CFE has awarded Siemens a $29.8 million substation and transmission line project in the northern state of Coahuila.

Uganda, Kampala: Umeme Ltd., the largest electric utility in Uganda, has entered into an agreement with ABB Uganda Limited and Babcon Uganda Ltd to build a new 40 MVA medium volt substation at Kira Town Council, Namugongo.

Russia, Voronezh: Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK) started the reconstruction of its main step-down substation, which supplies electricity to the plant’s converter, refractory, metallurgical slag processing plant and water plant.

Russia, Khabarovsk: Russia’s Federal Grid Company (FGC) will provide electrical infrastructure to the territory of advancing social and economic development a specially created advanced economic zone (TOSER), in the Khabarovsk territory.

Ukraine, Kiev: The Ukrainian National Energy Company Ukrenergo has signed a contract to expand and modernize the 750 kV Kiev substation (Kyivska) with Dalekovod, a Croatian company engaged in electrical engineering.

Qatar: State-owned utility Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded a $519 million (€470 million) contract to Siemens for the supply of 18 turnkey substations to supply power and help to cater for increasing electricity demand.

USA, North Dakota: Minot-based Central Power Electric Cooperative has been awarded a $46 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development that will help finance the improvement of the energy infrastructure in North Dakota.