#Alstom

Morocco: Alstom will build a new production line in Morocco in order to manufacture on-board transformers in-country.

Denmark’s railway operator DSB has announced to buy 100 new electric trains from France’s Alstom in a deal worth $3.2 B (DKK 20 B).

Alstom secured $81 million contract to deliver power supply and traction electrification works for the 33 km extension of Bangalore Metro in the Karnataka.

The European Commission has announced its decision to prohibit the proposed combination of the Siemens and Alstom’s mobility businesses.

ABB has won an order from Alstom to supply 1600 traction transformers for 800 new electric freight locomotives in India, which will expand Indian Railways’ capacity.

Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) plans to contract Alstom for the supply and installation of five transformer stations at a value of €200 million ($227 million).

UK, London: Over the next two years General Electric plans to cut up to 6,500 jobs in energy units the company bought from Alstom.

France, Paris: With the completed acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, GE Digital Energy and Alstom Grid have combined to form Grid Solutions, a GE and Alstom joint venture.

France, Paris: Yesterday GE announced that it had completed the acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, following the regulatory approval of the deal in over 20 countries and regions including the EU, U.S., China, India, Japan and Brazil.

India, Odisha: Alstom T&D India has been awarded contracts by Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) worth close to $23 million for the supply of a 400/220 kV air-insulated substation (AIS) as well as gas-insulated substation (GIS) in Odisha.

Alstom has manufactured and delivered India’s first 800 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transformer for the Champa-Kurukshetra Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) Phase 1 link.

Alstom has signed a contract with Karadeniz Energy Group, Turkish manufacturer of powerships, to supply power transformers for the Turkish Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan power plant.

France: Toshiba T&D Europe has awarded Alstom with a contract to supply its high voltage equipment for the power transmission interconnection between Italy and Montenegro.

Belgium, Brussels: General Electric has won EU approval for its €12.4 billion ($13.9 billion) acquisition of Alstom’s power business after agreeing to sell some of the French company’s turbine assets to Italian rival Ansaldo Energia.

France: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth over €300 million by TERNA Rete Italia, a company fully owned by TERNA, the Italian electricity transmission system operator, and Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), its French counterpart, to build two High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter stations for the transmission link between France and Italy.

China, Hubei Province: Alstom has been awarded the Ezhou Power Plant phase III generator step-up transformer contract by Hubei Energy Group Co., Ltd.

India, Tamil Nadu: Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract by Essar Projects India Limited worth close to €11 million to supply transformers package for Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (NNTPP) located in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

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.

France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth approximately €100 million ($110 million) from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas S/A (Eletrosul) to integrate wind farms located at Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, into the country’s transmission grid.

France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a €260 million ($278 million) contract by Transmisión Eléctrica del Norte (TEN), a subsidiary of Chile-based electric company E-CL, to supply four turnkey substations for Chile’s first interconnection system, the Mejillones – Cardones Transmission line.

USA, Virginia: Lynchburg-based transformer and mobile substation manufacturer Delta Star, Inc. has announced an agreement to purchase the Alstom transformer factory in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu near Montreal in Quebec, Canada.

India, Gujarat: Alstom has manufactured India’s record 200th unit of the 765kV transformer and reactor at its facility at Vadodara in Gujarat.

India, Noida: Alstom T&D India has been selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL), located at the Kala Amb industrial area of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.

India, Karnataka: Alstom T&D India has secured a $9 million (INR 569 million) order from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to provide a 220/11 kV, 25/31.5 MVA substation for its Challakere unit in Chitradurga, Karnataka.

Germany, Hannover: Alstom will present two first high-voltage applications using g3 (green gas for grid), a gas mixture that can replace SF6 for high voltage air-insulated or gas-insulated switchgear, at the 2015 Hanover Messe.

India, Delhi: Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €9 million ($9.7 million) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to provide receiving and auxiliary main substations for the Kochi metro.

USA, California: Global Industry Analysts has released a comprehensive global report on power transformers “Power Transformers: A Global Strategic Business Report”.

Ireland, Dublin: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Transformer Market in India 2015-2019” report to their offering.