#Japan

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has delivered the energy-storage system with 50 MW output and 300 MWh rated capacity to Kyushu Electric Power Co.

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.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it has received the International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) certification for its traction transformers.

China, Beijing: China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has today commenced an anti-dumping investigation over a type of iron based alloy imported from the U.S. and Japan.

Japan, Tokyo: The Japanese Ministry of Finance (JISF) has commented on the anti-dumping measures imposed by the European Commission on grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) imported from Japan.

As of 29 October 2015 the European Union imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel originating in the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America, the EU Official Journal states.

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi, Ltd. and ABB have announced the completion of the process to establish a joint venture company, Hitachi ABB HVDC Technologies, Ltd., for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission in Japan.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 49 % share in MEDCOM Sp. Z.o.o., a Polish manufacturer of railcar electrical equipment.

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi Soe Electric & Machinery (Hitachi SEM), a joint venture company established for handling transformers for power systems and power distribution in Myanmar obtained relevant authorisations and begun business operations on 1 October.

Japan, Tokyo: IEEE Standards Association, a global standards development organisation has approved IEEE Std™ C57.163, a standard providing a guide for establishing power transformer capability while under geomagnetic disturbances.

London/Brussels: The European Union will set a minimum price for imports of a grade of electrical steel from China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States, while retaining the right to impose tariffs, reports Reuters.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will be investing over $41 million into building a development and demonstration facility for middle voltage direct current (MVDC) distribution at its Power Distribution System Centre in Marugame, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japanese-based manufacturer of electrical equipment, including power transformers, has announced that Mitsubishi Electric Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has begun conducting domestic sales.

Sri Lanka, Colombo: The Government of Japan will grant Sri Lanka a $200 million loan for the implementation of National Transmission and Distribution Network Development and Efficiency Improvement Project.

Japan, Tokyo: A purchasing team of a Chinese leading transformer manufacturer is expected to visit a Japanese steel making company Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and JFE Steel, according to Steel Guru.

Due to a lack of high-grade grain oriented (GO) sheets in China, the purpose of the visit is to negotiate the purchase of GO electrical steel sheets directly from Japanese steel mills, reports Steel Guru.

India, Gujarat: Transformers & Rectifiers India Ltd. (TRIL) has entered into a technology license agreement with Japan-based Fuji Electrical Co.

Japan, Tokyo: IHI and Toshiba corporations will conduct demonstration research of a unique turbine system driven by the ocean current, developed under the auspices of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).