India, Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) has approved installation of 108 new transformers in the city of Lucknow in order to respond to increasing consumption of electricity in the city.
Oman, Muscat: Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) has signed agreements worth $638 million for the development and expansion of the sultanate’s electricity distribution grid.
USA; Nebraska: The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) will be moving a large power transformer from the Axtell area to Neligh starting Monday, 6 June and completing the move on Tuesday, 7 June.
USA, Ohio: A new power transformer has been delivered to Hydro One’s Clarington transmission station.
USA, Maryland: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) will invest $4 billion during the next five years in the power system upgrades and expansions in order to ensure fewer power outages and faster restoration of power when outages occur.
RUSSIA, Moscow: French transformer manufacturer Schneider Electric is preparing an investment contract to set up new production facilities and additionally localize products at existing assets in Russia.
United Kingdom: Winder Power, a UK’s manufacturer of power and distribution transformers announced the appointment of Andy Mill as its Finance Director as of 1 June 2016.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded an $11 million contract from the Indonesian state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to extend existing substations across Indonesia in order to strengthen reliability of its Java-Bali transmission and distribution networks and meet the growing demand for power in Java.
Zambia, Lusaka: Zambia’s Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) will receive a term loan worth $60 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Standard Chartered, a British multinational banking and financial services company.
USA, Massachusetts: With Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts shutting down permanently in mid-2019, the site is being considered by another energy producer for the construction of a new power substation to be built as part of the $1.5 billion sub-Atlantic transmission project.
Nepal, Kathmandu: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced an international tender for two substations on a turnkey basis.
USA, Minnesota: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) authorized a call for bids for an addition of a power transformer and associated improvements to the South Side Substation in New Ulm, Minnesota.
Russia: Russian companies Ruselprom-Transformer, Electroenergetics and Togliatti Transformer have developed, designed and delivered a special reactor for the Kafa substation located in Feodosia on the Black Sea coast.
Germany, Künzelsau: The Künzelsau-based fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg is constructing a new building in the Hohenlohe Business Park in Baden-Württemberg for the manufacture of energy-efficient electric drives and fans.
France, Paris: GE has announced it recently introduced the first environmentally-friendly transformer designed for railway applications in Germany.
The Philippines, Manila: The National Grid Corportion of the Philippines (NGCP) has upgraded its Tuguegarao substation in order to accommodate the growing demand coming from a new airport and several local businesses in four provinces in the Northern Luzon.
India, Telengana: Telengana state in India will receive funding of $6 billion from the Union Government to develop the state power sector and improve the efficiency of the electricity distribution companies, Transco and Power Generation Corporation.
Germany, Hamburg: Siemens has received a further order for Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (BOWL), from Scotland.
Tata Steel has met with all seven bidders looking to buy its UK assets, reports Money Control.
Kosovo, Pristina: Kosovo Electricity Distribution and Supply Company (KEDS) has announced a €300 million investment in the national electricity distribution network by 2025.
Canada, British Columbia: BC Hydro has completed a major $47m expansion of the George Tripp substation in Victoria, BC, an investment forming part of a major capital plan for the improvement of the electricity infrastructure on the Vancouver Island.
Nigeria, Abuja: The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) is investing more than $15 million into the equipment to boost power infrastructure in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
India, Maharashtra: Following a death of one person in a transformer blast that took place in Chinchwad on 7 May, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) decided to install tin sheet covers over 744 transformers in the city to improve public safety.
Kenya: Kenya’s state-owned power utility, Kenya Power, will install 20 new transformers in the North Coast by the end of June in an effort to stabilise electricity supply in the area and address frequent outages.