#transformer

Nigeria, Abuja: The transformer fire that broke out over the past weekend at Angwuar Tiv, a sprawling shanty settlement in Lugbe on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja, has thus claimed 12 lives.

India, New Delhi: T&D India has requested shareholders’ approval to change the name of the company to GE T&D India, after the company has been taken over by GE.

Russia, Far East: Khabarovsk airport substation is undergoing a comprehensive reconstruction, performed by the Khabarovsk Electrical Networks has been upgraded with a third power transformer.

Kenya: About 300,000 households and businesses will be linked to Kenya’s national grid after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a $130 million loan for a low-cost connection project.

Two Chinese steel companies, Baosteel and WISCO, have announced a merger and acquisition move, the first of the year in the Chinese steel market.

Canada, Ontario: Cam Tran Co., Canadian electrical transformer manufacturer and refurbisher, is working to scale up with a $3 million expansion project.

USA: Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, has begun construction of a new 34.5 kV power line as part of the $5 million project which will link an existing substation near Baker, West Virginia, to a new substation that will be built in Mathias, West Virginia, in 2017.

United Kingdom, London: After UK voted to leave the EU in the national referendum, several bidders for Tata Steel’s UK business are close to abandoning talks with their Indian owner as the outcome of the EU referendum threatens to deepen the crisis surrounding the UK’s biggest steel producer.

Siemens will supply National Grid UK with a replacement HVDC transformer for the CrossChannel link between the United Kingdom and France.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of $165 million for the upgrade and expansion of power distribution system in Bangladesh.

Research Corridor has recently added new report titled “Transformer Oil Market – Global Trends, Market Share, Industry Size, Growth, Opportunities, and Market Forecast – 2015 – 2022” to its offering.

Belgium, Brussels: As the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union in a national referendum, European Steel Association warns that Brexit might represent another blow to the UK steel industry, its value chains and the wider economy, and have far reaching effects on the European steel sector.

Pakistan: Pakistan’s National Transmission & Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has issued an invitation for bids for the procurement of ten 220 kV, 250 MVA auto transformers.

Tanzania’s rural electrification expansion programme is set to receive $200 million approved by the World Bank, provided by the International Development Association.

Croatia, Dubrovnik: Dubrovnik Airport has awarded KONČAR – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering (KET) a contract for the reconstruction of the transformer station located at the site of the airport in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Russia. St. Petersburg: Transformer manufacturer Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers has manufactured the first 220 kV, 200 MVA transformer for the Russian hydroelectric company RusHydro following the agreement on cooperation between the two companies.

Poland: The first phase-shifting transformer between Poland and Germany has been put in operation at Mikulowa station in Poland.

In Africa, the Ethiopian Electric Utility and Uganda’s Rural Electrification Agency have announced tenders for the procurement of electrical equipment.

According to vice-president of China Electrical Equipment Industrial Association (CCEIA), China is also moving towards high efficiency transformers, facing the same challenge of balancing performance with cost as that faced by the U.S. and the EU countries.

Belgium, Brussels: China and Serbia signed the agreement over the sale of Serbia’s largest steel producer, Zelezara Smederevo, to Hebei Iron & Steel.

IndexBox Marketing has published a report titled “U.S. Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Market. Analysis and Forecast to 2020.”

Canada, British Columbia: BC Hydro has completed the $23 million (CAD 32 million) Buckley Bay substation which will help meet the growing electricity needs of the Comox Valley.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has completed the upgrade of the Celilo HVDC (high-voltage direct current) converter station in Oregon, part of Pacific Intertie, the first major HVDC link in U.S. transmission history, originally commissioned by ABB in 1970.

Kenya, Nairobi: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company is inviting bids for 1,000 distribution transformers for the Kenya Electricity Modernization Project (KEMP), for which the government received a loan from the International Development Association (IDA).