#installation

Eight power transformers have been cleared from Lagos Port for installation in Nigeria.

UK: Hareema Marine Contractors has installed the world’s first unmanned HVDC offshore substation at the Dogger Bank wind farm project in the UK North Sea.

India, Punjab: Hartek Power Pvt Ltd has installed and commissioned a 400 kV/125 MVAr reactor at the 400/220 kV Dhuri substation in Punjab.

Germany: Iberdrola has announced the completion of the offshore substation topside (OSS) installation at its 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm.

Tata Power announced the installation of an innovative submersible power substation in Mumbai to enhance the power infrastructure in its operational area.

As part of its mandate to stabilise power supply in the country, the NDPHC is planning to install 100,000 additional solar home units across the country.

MSEDCL and MSETCL have joined efforts on a proposal to set up two new 50 MVA power transformers in Bhousari ultra high-pressure substation.

Germany, Berlin: SPIE Deutschland & Zentraleuropa, has installed a transformer station for the new wind farm operated by the Landwind Group in Lower Saxony.

France: The offshore substation topside and jacket foundation for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm have been loaded and will soon be transported to France.

Philippines, Manila: Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is installing a new power substation.

UK: The first of two offshore substations has been installed at Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, under construction 15 km off the coast of Fife.

UK: Energy utilities in the UK have now set their eyes on the education sector as the new target for the rollout plans of their EV chargers.

Nigeria: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced installation of a new 33 kV power transformer and circuit breaker.

France, Saint-Nazaire: In another pioneering step in the offshore wind industry, DEME installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France.

The federal government, through the Ministry of Power, has recently authorised the installation of a 30 MVA, 132/133 KV Mobitra transformer at Bichi.

Power Transmission & Distribution, signs a contract for the construction, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 132/11kV substation in the UAE.

Nigeria, Abuja: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has embarked on a large grid expansion and rehabilitation project in order to strengthen the national grid and ensure better electricity transmission across the country.

Nigeria, Ogun State: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has installed another power transformer at the Ijebu-Ode transmission substation in the state of Ogun, increasing the substations’ capacity from 60 MVA to 120 MVA.

UAE: UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) has signed a contract worth $94 million with Mitsubishi Electric for the installation of a number of new 132/33/11 kV substations in the Northern Emirates.

India, Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) has approved installation of 108 new transformers in the city of Lucknow in order to respond to increasing consumption of electricity in the city.

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.

Zambia: A cargo consisting of six new power transformer units for a hydroelectric power station in Kafue Gorge, Zambia has been delivered and installed by a Dutch heavy-lifting company.

Ukraine, Zaporozhye: In 2015 Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) completed the installation of 120 transformer units – 96 power transformers and 24 shunt reactors – in the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Argentina, India, Peru, Spain, Vietnam, Poland, Armenia, Georgia, and other countries.

United Kingdom: General Electric (GE) and oilfield services company Petrofac Ltd. have been awarded a $157 million contract to build and install a turnkey power system for the 336-MW Galloper offshore wind project in British waters.

Kenya: More than 14 transformers will be installed in Juja sub-county in Kenya in the first quarter of this year to increase the sub-county’s access to power.

Nigeria: The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has begun the installation of 100 transformers within states in the South-East Nigeria to boost electricity supply.

India, Chandigarh: The Chandigarh-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hartek Power has commissioned a 40 MW substation project near Banmore in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has placed over $60 million orders with ABB for the supply of three turnkey substation solutions for residential and industrial areas in Dubai, as part of UAE’s efforts to strengthen power infrastructure.