#transformer

Korea: Korea Electric Power Corp. announced that the company will be designing and building a digitized power substation in Bhutan.

USA, Maryland: A slow moving convoy carrying a transformer through two states experienced delays in Harrisville, Maryland, on Tuesday morning.

To be selected as the main machines suppliers for a complete transformer production plant is quite something. As main suppliers of URALSK Transformer Plant, LAE and Trafogrid Alliance are very proud to note that the factory, now the primary producer of electrical transformers in Kazakhstan, will soon reach its full production capacity.

Egypt, Cairo: According to the sources at the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity cited by The Daily News Egypt, next week the Ministry will sign a contract with a high voltage electric equipment manufacturer XD Egemac, which will include construction of four transformer stations in Benban.

India, Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced that new substations will be established at a cost of over $1 billion in order to strengthen the power infrastructure in the state, according to The New Indian Express.

Bulgaria, Kyustendil: Bulgarian electricity company CEZ Distribution Bulgaria AD has invested close to $1.7 million in power distribution maintenance works carried out in Kyustendil District, in the southwest of Bulgaria.

ANDERSON — The Anderson Board of Works has awarded a contract for the design work to construct a new electrical power substation for the NTN Driveshaft facility.

USA, Louisiana: Entergy is waiting on regulatory approval to start implementing the Louisiana Economic Transmission Project (LETP), a portfolio of four transmission projects designed to cost-effectively reduce congestion in the Baton Rouge industrial corridor and to increase the amount of economic power that can flow into the Amite South region.

NLMK Group, Russia’s steel-producing company has started delivering transformer steel to Siemens’ Voronezh plant in Russia.

India, Delhi: TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has commissioned its maiden 66/11 kV GIS substation along with ABB India at Prashant Vihar, Rohini, a densely populated residential sub city in North West Delhi.

Ukraine, Zaporizhia: Ukrenergo has been forced to suspend the reconstruction of the 330 kV Kakhovska-Khersonska power grid, funded by the European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), and put it into operation, the press service of the company has said.

USA, Pennsylvania: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will invest more than $570 million in infrastructure and vehicle rehabilitation projects in Fiscal Year 2015 to restore essential infrastructure that supports safe and efficient service to its more than 1.1 million daily riders.

India, Tamil Nadu: Indian diversified public sector undertaking (PSU) Andrew Yule & Company (AYCL) is looking to buying a transformer unit in Tamil Nadu, Chairman Kallol Datta said.

General Electric Co (GE.N) Chief Executive Jeff Immelt declined on Friday to consider alternatives to the U.S. conglomerate’s planned purchase of Alstom’s (ALSO.PA) power business despite resistance from European antitrust regulators.

More ducks have been released back into the wild on Friday after transport oil leak in Mimico Creek earlier this week, covering more than 100 birds.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) operating under Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) has announced its plan to start exporting Ethiopian made power transformers to neighbouring countries.

Russia, Samara: As earlier announced by the French electric equipment manufacturer Schneider Electric, the company has started building a new transformer manufacturing plant in Samara, Russia.

Venezuela, Caracas: The Venezuelan government plans to invest nearly $18 million in a joint programme with about 60 private enterprises to strengthen the processes of electricity distribution and transmission.

Indonesia, Jakarta: Indonesian President has presented an energy programme to build power plants in 240 places across Indonesia to meet the demand of 35,000 MW of electricity in the next five years.

United Kingdom: Schneider Electric Solar Business connected more than 300 MW to the U.K. national grid in end of March, on top of the 200 MW already in operation.

Russia, Moscow: Russian hydroelectric company RusHydro plans to replace more than half of the main electrical equipment for hydropower plants by 2025 as part of a comprehensive modernisation programme.

Croatia, Ernestinovo: Power outage was caused by trip in power transformer in 400 kV Ernestinovo substation. Water supply was also interrupted as well as road traffic.