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IMServ appoints new chairman

UK: IMServ, one of the UK’s leading data collection and energy metering experts, has appointed Ian Peters as Chairman to help drive its next phase of growth.

$3 B projects underway in Australia

Authorities say much needed energy won’t be able to reach the grid without major upgrades to networks in rural Victoria.

GE to supply converter stations for $2.5B HVDC project

USA, Georgia: Clean Line Energy and GE Energy Connections have announced their collaboration in the development of America’s largest clean energy infrastructure project, the Plains & Eastern Clean Line, which is the first overhead high voltage direct current (HVDC) project to be developed in the U.S. in more than 20 years.

Ziehl-Abegg investing $31M in a new facility

Germany, Künzelsau: The Künzelsau-based fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg is constructing a new building in the Hohenlohe Business Park in Baden-Württemberg for the manufacture of energy-efficient electric drives and fans.

U.S. high and extra high voltage transformers market report

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “High and Extra High Voltage Transformers – The Most Critical U.S. Electrical Infrastructure Component-Risk and Impact of Solar Storms & Emp Attacks – U.S. Market, Installed Base and Suppliers: 2015-2020 Analysis and Forecasts” report to their offering.

Contract awarded for $13.1M substation project in Los Alamos

USA, New Mexico: Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a design-build substation contract at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Gardner Zemke Mechanical and Electrical Contractors of Albuquerque.

Two new substations in Sovetskaya Gavan near completion

Russia, Khabarovsk Krai: RAO Energy System of East (part of RusHydro group) has started installation of electrical equipment in two new substations built as part of the electric power delivery system from the new power plant under construction in the city of Sovetskaya Gavan in the Khabarovsk Krai.

Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options

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.

Cevian engages consultant to study potential split-up of ABB

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.

EuroSibEnergo to invest $200M in Siberian HPPs

Russia: EuroSibEnergo, Russia’s largest privately-held power producer, announced a $200 million New Energy modernization program of its Siberian hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Angara and Yenisei rivers.

Nepal’s electricity agency runs out of transformers

Nepal: A huge increase in electricity demand in the past few months has taken a toll over the distribution mechanism of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts in Nepal, with the state-owned utility Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) running out of stock of transformers.