#substations

USA: North America’s geotextile manufacturer comes up with a solution to prevent oil leaks from power transformers.

UAE, Dubai: An offshore transformer substation that will connect an offshore wind farm with the Dutch mainland recently set sail from Dubai to the Netherlands.

Brazil: Spanish electrical engineering company Ingeteam SA has said it supplied inverters and substations for two solar projects totalling 21  MWp in Brazil.

UAE, Dubai: Solid-insulated dry outdoor cable terminations by PFISTERER have been used worldwide for decades.

UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) inaugurated 16 new substations in 2021.

Paris, France: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced recent wins for its low-maintenance, high-performing digital power transformers.

Azerbaijan, Baku: Thirty six online inquiries were received in 2021 from Karabakh regarding the connection to the power supply network.

India, Mumbai: India’s conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced winning major orders in the Gulf region.

Switzerland, Zurich: The company is launching Reliability Space, an advanced service program to enhance power grid resilience, security and safety.

UK, London: National Grid has awarded Linxon the substation package relating to its London Power Tunnels 2 project in the United Kingdom.

Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy on 17 August announced an update on the ten largest projects in the country’s energy sector.

Italy, Milan: Switchgears and control gears are crucial nodal points in modern power systems, and it is vital that they work reliably.

The cost to upgrade the Fruitland substation was $3 M, while the Beaglin substation represents a $14.5 M investment in the local energy grid.

Myanmar: With the official launching of three new substations on Saturday, Myanmar’s national electricity grid is now providing 50 percent of the country’s power needs, says Minister of Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing.

US: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision approving the 500 kV transmission line by DCR Transmission LLC that will connect existing substations near Tonopah, Arizona, and Blythe, California.

Special Edition on Substations of Transformers Magazine is now available!

UK: Western Power Distribution and 42 Technology have announced the completion of six months of field trials for FuseOhm, a device that monitors performance parameters in electricity substations.

India: Hild Energy has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract from the Energy Efficiency Services Limited for the development of 40 MW of solar projects in Maharashtra.

Bangladesh: The Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd. (DPDC) will implement a mega project to build 40 substations in the Bangladeshi capital.

Madisonville will purchase six electricity substations from Kentucky Utilities.

Ukraine: National power company Ukrenergo plans to reconstruct 18 automatic transformers at 12 substations in 2019.

Azerenerji OJSC carries out reconstruction and repair work at power plants and substations in order to improve the supply of electricity to Baku.

South Africa: Several areas are without power in Randfontein on the West Rand, where Eskom says a transformer caught fire at one of it’s substations.

Argentinian government published a public tender for the construction and operation of a 487 km, HV electricity network, 5 substations, and ancillary 132 kV infrastructure.