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South Africa is considering imposing emergency tariffs on some steel imports, according a filing to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) published on Monday, reports BDlive.

United Kingdom, London: Visiongain has made available a new electric power and distribution transformers market report for the period 2016 to 2026.

United Kingdom, London: The Chinese government has announced it will impose the tariff on grain-oriented electrical steel imports from the European Union, South Korea and Japan, saying imports from abroad were causing substantial damage to its domestic steel industry.

United Kingdom: Winder Power, UK’s manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has announced the appointment of Keith Robertshaw as the Company’s Group Manufacturing Director, effective from 1 April 2016.

USA, California: Southern California Edison (SCE) plans to replace transformers, switches and cables in downtown Santa Barbara as part of an $11 million project to reduce the number of power failures throughout the city.

132/11 kV substations as part of Deira Islands project

Siemens has been awarded a contract by UAE master developer Nakheel PJSC for the turnkey construction of three electrical substations in Dubai.

Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR – MES Inc. (Small Electrical Machines) announced a collaboration with a Turkish manufacturer of power transformers, member of the Alstom group, as the company started supplying transformer cooling fans for the manufacturer in Turkey.

USA, Georgia: MIDEL natural ester-based transformer fluid (MIDEL eN) is now manufactured, sold and distributed in the United States.

United Kingdom, London: Tata Steel in India has decided to pull out of all its UK operations, including the steel factory in Port Talbot, which could put thousands of jobs at risk.

USA, California: The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) board of Governors has approved 13 new projects under the 2016 electricity transmission plan.

USA, New Mexico: A team led by Sandia National Laboratories, US Department of Energy research and development national laboratory, has developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers.

A new report titled “Large Power Transformers Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020” has been made available by Transparency Market Research.

USA, Washington D.C.: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the development of the Clean Line Energy’s $2.5 billion Plains & Eastern Line transmission project in an effort to modernize the grid and accelerate the renewable energy deployment, reports EBR.

Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has been awarded a contract for the supply of a 330 kV, 180 MVA reactor to be installed at a new power substation in Postavy, Belarus.

United Kingdom, Lincolnshire: The Royal Air Force (RAF) was called in to help put out a transformer fire at an electricity substation that shook Grantham, Lincolnshire two days ago, which caused a major power cut leading to traffic and rail chaos and buildings being evacuated.

Finland, Helsinki: Eltel has won a substation contract for a turnkey delivery of a new 420 kV substation for Statnett, Norwegian state-owned power grid operator, reports Business Wire.

USA, Wisconsin: Solomon Corporation, a Kansas-based company specializing in the procurement of high-voltage and distribution transformers, will open a new facility in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin next month, THOnline reports.

United Kingdom, Leicestershire: British transformer manufacturer BRUSH has announced a new transformer supply framework agreement with a UK’s leading electricity distribution network operator Western Power Distribution (WPD).

A new report on the European power and distribution transformer industry market is available, analysing current development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

India, Maharashtra: Planning to revamp the entire electricity distribution network in the state, the Maharashtra state government has devised a multi-million million plan to improve the distribution system and mitigate electricity losses.

ABB’s second-biggest shareholder, Swedish investment company Cevian, has hired Boston Consulting Group to study a potential break-up of the Swiss engineering group, turning up the pressure for a revamp of the company, reports Manager Magazin.

Sri Lanka: Japanese technicians have conducted tests on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) transformers which exploded last week, and have sent samples to Japan for further tests, according to Colombo Gazette.

Vietnam: Vietnam will need around $148 billion to invest in developing the national electricity grid and resources in the period between 2016 and 2030.

Sri Lanka: German transformer experts are due to arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday 21 March to inspect some 30 electrical transformers and recommend ways to prevent countrywide power failures after two identical transformers exploded and caught fire at Biyagama and Kotugoda substations last week, causing island-wide blackout.