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In this article, Marco Milone and Sudheer Mokkapaty take a close look at the subtle yet powerful influence of digitalization on the power transformer industry.

Spain: A new electric transformer for use in solar parks, designed to function with biodegradable fluids and produces lower CO2 emissions.

Sweden: Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) completed the acquisition of the remaining 15 % stake Linjenmontage i Grastrop.

Peru, Lima: Engie Energía Perú (EEP) has finalized a deal with Cosapi for part of the power dispatch component of the $300 M, 260 MW Punta Lomitas wind project.

Switzerland, Zurich: As ABB decides to keep its Power Grid business, within its Next Level strategy revealed on 4 October the company has also announced two new strategic partnerships for the execution of transmission and distribution projects.

NOJA Power’s distributors RWW Engineering has installed two OSM automatic circuit reclosers as part of a compact mobile substation deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to achieve full transformer primary protection.

Germany, Erlangen: Hyundai Engineering Mexico awarded Siemens a contract to install power distribution technology in a new automobile plant in Mexico being built by a Korean automotive manufacturer, KIA Motors.

Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering (KET) announced the company has started preparatory work on the reconstruction project of Kutina transformer station.

India, Mumbai: Larsen & Toubro Saudi Arabia LLC, a fully owned subsidiary of L&T, has won an order valued at $108.2 million for the construction of five 132 kV substations at Hail area from the National Grid, Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of Saudi Electricity Company.

Spain: Abengoa, a Seville-based international company supplying technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded the engineering and construction contract for two new power transmission lines, a substation and the extension of an existing line in Chile, worth more than $180 million.

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.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a contract worth around $85 million in Qatar to provide turnkey substations to help integrate electricity from a new independent water and power plant (IWPP) into the country’s grid.