#Germany

Germany: Northland Power has completed installation of the offshore substation for the 269 MW Deutsche Bucht wind farm in the German North Sea.

The transformer at the Wolmirstedter substation in Germany developed a defect during the transport and needs to be repaired before installed.

Germany’s four transmission grid operators have published their proposal for the 2030 electricity grid, including 1,600 kilometres of new power lines and updating another 2,900 km. The cost of this proposal is estimated to be $ 59 billion.

Germany: German state-owned bank KfW has agreed to acquire 20% stake in Eurogrid International, the holding company of German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, on behalf of the German Federal Government.

Germany: German electric utility company E.ON has completed the sale of its 46.65% stake in the energy company Uniper to Fortum for €3.8 billion ($4.4 billion).

Germany, Dresden: Dr. Ralf Pietsch from HIGHVOLT has recently attended a meeting of the 16 CIGRE study committees for the first time since his appointment to committee chairman.

Germany will assist Ukraine with a $35.5 million (€32.5 million) loan for the implementation of the second phase of the power transmission upgrade project aimed at increasing energy efficiency through modernization of transformer substations.

Germany, Schwedt: Two large power transformers have made their way through Schwedt, a town in north-eastern Brandenburg near the Polish border, on their way to the construction site of the new Vierraden substation.

Germany: A German heavy haulage provider has for the first time used a new heavy-duty drive unit that was launched earlier this year to transport a giant power transformer to Ibbenbüren power station.

Germany, Niestetal: The new substation at the Sandershäuser mountain in Niestetal, Germany is taking shape, with the large power transformer from the Netherlands delivered to the site.

Germany, Bavaria: LEW distribution network has transported a new 110/20 kV transformer to the Meitingen substation.

Germany, Berlin: A fire broke out on 11 October on the roof of the Europa-Center, a landmark shopping centre in Western Berlin, recognizable by a rotating Mercedes-Benz star, which might have been caused by a faulty transformer, European media report.

Germany: Siemens has announced it will soon deliver its first bullet-resistant power transformer unit to a utility in the U.S.

Germany: German power regulation company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has invested in Gridco Systems, a start-up company offering next-generation power electronics devices to actively manage voltage and reactive power at the distribution circuit level, which has raised $12 million in a funding round including existing investors and MR as a strategic investor.

Germany: TransnetBW, a transmission network operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, recently installed a 420 kV power transformer in one of its substations in southwest Germany that is cooled and insulated with natural ester fluid.

Germany, Gambach: Two large power transformers have been delivered at the new substation being built in Gambach by the German utility company Bayernwerk.

Germany: Siemens is supplying a VB1 high-current switchgear with vacuum switching technology and the high-current supply unit for production for the world’s most climate-friendly, energy-efficient aluminium smelting plant being built on Norway’s Karmøy peninsula.

Germany: Siemens is supplying a total of 238 traction transformers to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), UK’s largest railway operating company.

Germany: Siemens has successfully type tested the first 132 kV 72/90 MVA power transformer for Iraq that will serve for the stabilization of the country’s national power grid.

Germany: For the first time, a shunt reactor with voltage range of 400 kV and a control range of 50–250 MVAr, has been successfully tested.

Germany, Erlangen: Together with local partners in China, Siemens will deliver the world’s first 1,100 kV converter transformers for the world’s largest and first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission link with a transmission voltage of 1,100 kV DC, located in China.

Germany: A 240-tonne power transformer has been delivered from Halle, Leipzig to Grünstädtel by rail, using a historic locomotive and steam engine from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Poland: The first phase-shifting transformer between Poland and Germany has been put in operation at Mikulowa station in Poland.

Germany, Erlangen: Siemens has received a $147 million (€130 million) order from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), for an HVDC (high-voltage direct-current) back-to-back link to connect the power supply networks of India and Bangladesh.

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.

France, Paris: GE has announced it recently introduced the first environmentally-friendly transformer designed for railway applications in Germany.

Germany, Hamburg: Siemens has received a further order for Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (BOWL), from Scotland.

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.