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Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has concluded a transformer supply contract with the steel company ArcelorMittal Temirtau.

Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a $2 million transformer station extension project by the Management Committee of Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte de Argentina (FOTAE).

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Belgium, Brussels: The European Parliament last week voted through a Resolution on Market Economy Status (MES) for China, highlighting its firm reservations on granting China MES.

Germany, Erlangen: Siemens has been awarded an order by the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) in Bahrain for the upgrade of energy infrastructure in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Russia, Khabarovsk: The Khabarovsk branch of a Russian utility company DRSC is entering the final stages of the reconstruction of the 110 kV substation which feeds the Khabarovsk airport boundary.

A new market report titled “Packaged Substation Market by voltage Split (below 36kV and above 36kV to 150kV), by Application (Industrial, Infrastructure, and Power Utilities & Generation) and by Region – Global Trends and Forecasts to 2019” has been made available by Markets and Markets.

India, Andhra Pradesh: The state transmission company APTRANSCO is preparing for commissioning of three 132 kV substations at Bhavanipuram, Rangannagudem, and Chigurukota in June as part of its infrastructure expansion in Krishna district.

USA, Washington: The Port of Quincy in Washington State will be building two electrical power substations in 2017.

Australia, Whitsunday Islands: The Whitsunday region in Queensland, Australia is on its way to having its first solar farm.

Micro Market Monitor has made available a new market research report titled “North America Traction Transformer by Type (Tap Changing, Tapped, Rectifier), by Application (High Speed Train, Electric Locomotive, Electrical Multiple Unit, Tram), by Voltage Range (AC, DC), by Geography – Analysis & Forecast to 2019”.

India: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons announced that the company is in the final stage of discussions for taking over a considerable stake in a Dubai-based LLC Trading Company in order to expand on the Middle East transformers market.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), a Mitsubishi Electric’s subsidiary based in the North America, shipped its first high-capacity 765 kV power transformer to a U.S utility company American Electric Power (AEP) at the end of April.

Brazil: Electric equipment and transformer manufacturer WEG will supply a power transformer 275 MVA, 525 kV transformer for the 207 MW Santa Vitoria do Palmar wind complex in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state.

Pakistan, Peshawar: Pakistan’s utility company PESCO has upgraded two of its substations with a couple of large power transformers.

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Electric Power signed an agreement with Shanghai Electric Group Company for the expansion of substations in three towns of Amhara regional state in Ethiopia at a cost of over $93 million.

Russia: A new electrical substation has been commissioned and put into operation at the site of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant under construction.

Inida, Chhattisgarh: The state power distribution company Raipur Power Department started installing coolers on electric transformers around the city to prevent transformer blasts caused by intense heat.

A new report titled “Global Solid State Transformer (SST) in Smart Grid Technology Market Analysis & Forecast to 2021” is available.

Belgium, Brussels: Following the meeting of high-level representatives from governments around the world, along with representatives from the global steel industry, held in Brussels on 18 April, the governments of Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States issued a significant statement noting two relevant issues.

Germany: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) launched a new generation of on-load tap-changers for voltage regulation distribution transformers with the world premiere held at the CWIEME Fair in Berlin yesterday.

USA: First Reserve International, a US private equity fund, announced the signing of an investment to acquire a subset of the international power transmission and distribution division of Crompton Greaves Ltd., which will be rebranded as Pauwels, reports the PE Hub.

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Ukraine, Zaporyzhye: Energoatom, a Ukrainian state enterprise operating all four nuclear power stations in Ukraine, has purchased a $73 million transformer from the Ukraininan transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR).