#UK

UK: CDC Group, the UK government’s foreign investment arm, has announced it will invest $300 M in power grid development in Africa over the next five years.

UK: The town of Maidstone in Kent gets a power boost as engineers install 42 tonne transformers at electricity substation in $5.7 M (£5.1 M) project.

Siemens has appointed engineering outfit BAM Nutall to tackle the bulk of civil engineering work on the onshore substation for Innogy’s 860 MW Triton Knoll wind farm.

UK, Scotland: A new $36 M (£20 M) project will allow for major upgrades on Kincardine substation in Fife, which plays an important part in transporting power.

London-based engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons has been awarded a $31 M contract by National Grid to design and build a new substation in Barking, East London.

UK, London: Vortex Energy, a European renewable energy completed the divestiture of a 49 % stake in its Pan-European operational wind power portfolio.

Powerstar has announced a new partnership with Thorne & Derrick International to help bolster its smart transformers offering for energy-conscious businesses.

United Kingdom: The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has approved the UK National Grid’s Hinkley-Seabank project, which is a power grid upgrade needed for connecting the 3.2 GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the grid.

After departure of Cyrus Mistry, interim chair Ratan Tata is reviewing site as sources say he is keen to keep UK operations

United Kingdom, London: Tata is preparing to make a decision about the future of the Port Talbot steelworks within four weeks after the Indian conglomerate ousted Cyrus Mistry as its chairman, with the company edging towards keeping its UK operations.

UK, Yorkshire: A UK transformer manufacturer has recently completed a refurbishment of three power transformers for a client in Ireland.

United Kingdom: Danish utility Dong Energy has secured approval from the UK government for the development of the $7.8 billion Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

UK: Chaos erupted at the Dartford Crossing after the tunnel and bridge closed due to 430 tonne transformer transport.

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

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.

Tata Steel has met with all seven bidders looking to buy its UK assets, reports Money Control.

United Kingdom: ABB has won a contract to supply transformers for the 8.25 MW turbines at Dong Energy’s 330 MW Walney 3 East offshore wind farm off Cambria, England.

United Kingdom, London: Liberty House plans to submit a formal bid to buy Tata Steel’s UK assets, including the Port Talbot works employing about 4,000 people.

United Kingdom, London: A new market research report titled ”Pad-mounted Transformer Market by End User, by Phase, by Rated Power, by Insulation Type & by Region – Global Forecast to 2020” is available.

United Kingdom, Kent: A huge electricity transformer will be transported through Kent on its way to Germany for repairs.

United Kingdom, London: Tata Steel is beginning the formal process of selling its loss-making UK steel empire today, inviting potential buyers to submit offers, reports Sky News.

United Kingdom, Kent: Lorries carrying huge power transformers are set to cross the Dartford Crossing, a major road crossing of the River Thames.

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.