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Iran Transfo’s integrated solar system combines inverter, transformer, and switchgear to boost renewable energy and cut foreign equipment dependence.

New SKID-mounted solution simplifies medium-voltage storage deployment, cutting costs, risks, and installation time for industrial projects.

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GE Vernova has been selected by Sterlite Grid 32 Limited to supply critical technology for the Khavda Phase-IV Part C project.

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EETC aims to increase energy generation by 6% to 229.1 GWh.

Hitachi Energy has been awarded a contract to digitalize a hybrid switchgear Plug and Switch System (PASS) in Partinico, Sicily for ERG.

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products will invest about $86 million in advanced switchgear production and power electronics

GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business will manufacture, deliver, and commission the world’s first 245 kV SF6-free GIS for RTE in France.

Hitachi Energy has launched a new technology which could help tackle sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions, 80% of which come from the power sector.

Amid growing concerns about its environmental impact, utilities worldwide are seeking to eliminate sulphur hexafluoride gas from their switchgear.

Will these megatrends create a shortage in Medium Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) and Solid Insulated Switchgear (SIS)?

GE Grid Solutions’ secures contract for gas-insulated substations (GIS) to be used at the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Following the European Parliament’s ban on fluorinated gases (F-gases) in switchgear, Fagne and Siemens Energy pledge to supply climate-friendly switchgear.

Belgium, Brussels: The European Parliament is to decide on the revision of the F-Gas Regulation on 1 March 2023.

Germany, Lonsee: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business energized a new 123 kV, 16.7 Hz switchgear for DB Energie GmbH’s train station. The 60-year-old Amstetten train station…

Mexico, Veracruz: WEG is to develop for Nestlé an EPC project in the “switchgear” and “step-down” substations.

China: Hitachi Energy will supply its WindSTAR™ transformers and HV hybrid switchgear Plug and Switch System (PASS) to China’s Tuci offshore wind power project.

UK: Northern Powergrid has set a goal of decarbonising its network by 2040, with the distribution network operator now trialling new technologies to help it achieve that goal.

USA, South Carolina, Greenville: Integrated Power Services (IPS) announces it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Tampa Armature Works Inc. (TAW).

Sweden, Malmö: The Harju Elekter Group, with 100% ownership of Harju Elekter AB, is continuing its expansion in Sweden.

Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR – Electrical Industry and the Chinese group China XD Electric Co. have signed an agreement for establishing a joint venture for the manufacture of high-voltage equipment.

Kenya Power has commissioned a $128M gas-insulated substation (GIS) in Nairobi, a modernized indoor 220 kV substation that will replace the 50-year-old facility at Juja Road, boosting power transformer capacity by more than 50 percent.

Marocco: In cooperation with Energie Eolienne du Maroc, ABB will be supplying a $16 million hybrid substation for a wind farm developed by Nareva in Morocco.