#Germany

Germany, Erlangen: Siemens has been awarded an order by the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) in Bahrain for the upgrade of energy infrastructure in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Germany: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) launched a new generation of on-load tap-changers for voltage regulation distribution transformers with the world premiere held at the CWIEME Fair in Berlin yesterday.

Germany: wpd has begun construction of offshore wind farm in Nordergründe in German North Sea, laying first monopile deep foundation at the 111MW project.

Germany: E.ON and Statoil have announced their final investment decision on the development of the 385 MW Arkona offshore wind farm, also known as Arkona Becken Südost, in the Baltic Sea, Germany.

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

Belgium, Brussels: Representatives from around 30 countries including China, Japan, Germany, India, the U.K. and the U.S. met with World Trade Organization, World Steel Association, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) representatives in Brussels to seek possible solutions to the huge overcapacity that fuels the steel crisis.

Germany, Frankfurt: Buyout group BC Partners is approaching potential buyers for its German power transformer maker SGB-SMIT, four years after a sale to China’s State Grid was halted by political intervention, according to three sources familiar with the matter, reports Yahoo Finance.

Germany: Siemens has successfully tested and delivered the first units of distribution transformers for a German transmission grid operator Netze BW insulated with Midel eN natural ester.

Germany: German grid operator 50Hertz will be installing phase-shifting transformers on Germany’s borders with Poland and the Czech Republic to regulate the power flow and reduce loop flows via these countries.

Germany: Siemens Traction Transformers has received an order to manufacture and deliver traction transformers for 83 trains for Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) in Germany to launch the new Desiro HC platform.

Germany, Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg: The fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has developed a new generation of radial fans drawing on the knowledge gained from nature, and allowing for energy savings of up to ten percent.

Germany, Frankfurt: GE and transmission system operator TenneT have installed two 685 MVA power transformers at the Dörpen West converter station for the DolWin3 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project.

Germany: 300 new regulated local grid transformers will go online at EWE NETZ GmbH, one of the largest distribution network operators in Germany, until 2017 across the entire network.

Germany: MR has completed its first retrofit project in Japan managed by the Reinhausen Solutions Co. (RJP) company, newly established at the end of 2014.

Germany: German inspection company Dekra has opened the region’s first testing laboratory for electrical components in the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area (Jafza) in Dubai, UAE.

Germany: Siemens has tested four 250 MVA/500 kV transformers with special and very high partial discharge requirements for the customer the electricity transmission company Transelec, Chile.

Germany, Oberursel: MESSKO® PrimeLab Mobile oil laboratory, launched in mid-2015, has gained accreditation in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 undertaken by the German national accreditation body DAkkS.

Germany: Siemens has signed a ($10 million) €9 million contract to supply the Iraqi market with 1,250 distribution transformers.

Germany: Via Siemens AG, Siemens Transformers, has received an order for the Nemo Link, a 140-kilometer HVDC link between Richborough, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium from National Grid in the U.K. and Elia Group in Belgium.

The new report titled “Europe Power Transformer Market by Primary Voltage kV, End User, Geography – Forecast to 2020”is now available.

Siemens wins $985M HVDC converter station contract

Germany, Munich: Siemens has signed a far-reaching agreement with the Hidrocarbon and Energy Ministry of Bolivia on energy cooperation and future collaboration in the field of products and services for the oil & gas industry

Germany, Bremerhaven: Siemens has introduced a new solution for connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid, a direct-current technology enabling a cost-efficient and simplified connection of offshore wind power plants far from the coast.

Germany, Dresden: HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH is unveiling its new medium-voltage test system with static converter for the fully automatic testing of distribution transformers, at Transform 2015 held in Vienna.

Germany, Winterbach/Wunsiedel: The PFISTERER Group, a specialist supplier and systems provider for energy infrastructure, has strengthened its position in the global market for high voltage insulators with the acquisition of all the shares in LAPP Insulators Holding from Quadriga Capital.

Germany, Winterbach: Pfisterer, a German provider of system and component solutions in energy transmission, has launched a new mobile energy system which allows robust and scalable power grids to be created from renewable sources of energy.

Germany, Regensburg: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), a Germany-based company active in power engineering, has made a €24 million investment into the new material management centre in Haslbach.

Germany, Mannheim: Röchling Engineering Plastics, a German manufacturer of transformer insulation and construction materials, is changing the organisation and management of the High-Performance Plastics division, looking to improve organization and secure global growth.