Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast: Russian transformer manufacturer Togliatti Transformer has produced and delivered a 630 MVA power transformer for the Reftinskaya power plant in the Sverdlovsk region.
Argentina, Santa Fe: The Port of Santa Fe (Puerto de Santa Fe) transformer station in the Argentine province of Santa Fe will receive a capacity upgrade with an additional power transformer.
USA, California: Global Power Supply, a Santa Barbara-based service provider of integrated power systems, has joined forces with T&R Electric, a South Dakota-based rewinding and reconditioning power and distribution transformers company on a new project Transformer Network.
United Kingdom, London: Hydrodec Group PLC, the advanced oil and chemical process technology, products and services company, has announced implementation of a new six-point plan to turn the company to profitability.
India, Maharashtra: Maharashtra State Energy Minister and Nagpur District Guardian Minister has ordered installation of four new substations, under Infra-II project in Nagpur district.
USA, Ohio: The Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is completing construction of a new approximately $3 million substation in Avon to help enhance customer service reliability and meet the future demand for electricity in the area.
USA, Virginia: Lynchburg-based transformer and mobile substation manufacturer Delta Star, Inc. has announced an agreement to purchase the Alstom transformer factory in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu near Montreal in Quebec, Canada.
India, Kerala: While announcing its fourth quarter results last week, Crompton Greaves announced that it would sell the foreign power business, including foreign transformer business.
Russia, Lipetsk: Russia’s steelmaker NLMK may redirect a portion of transformer steel volumes from the European Union to India following the duties introduced by the European Union on supplies of Russian products.
India, Mumbai: Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract worth approximately €16 million ($18 million) by Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (PowerGrid) to supply ten 765 kV 500 MVA 1-ph autotransformers.
Portugal, Lisbon: Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos has been reported to have completed the acquisition of a 65% stake in Efacec Power Solutions after signing a sale contract for more than $220 million.
USA, Iowa: Alliant Energy crews are still cleaning up after a transformer exploded Thursday afternoon at a substation in North Liberty, Iowa, shutting off power to 4,200 customers in the North Liberty area for several hours.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm situated off the Sussex coast, as well as the onshore substation to efficiently integrate the new wind farm into the country’s transmission grid.
India, Mumbai: Tata Power Company, India’s largest integrated power company, has announced the introduction of natural ester filled 33/11 kV, 20 MVA power transformers in Mumbai distribution with the objective to increase transformation capacity with a reduced footprint.
Denmark, Copenhagen: Danish rail company Banedanmark has awarded Siemens and construction company Per Aarsleff AS the contract to electrify nine rail routes totalling 1,300 kilometres.
Belgium: A capacity upgrade to increase the amount of Dutch electricity that can flow to Belgium to 4.5 GW from 3.5 GW will not be completed before winter, a spokeswoman from Belgian transmission system operator Elia has said.
USA, Florida: Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) has introduced drone technology which will help the company survey damage to electrical equipment, including transformers, after storms or hurricanes, and the mobile command centre which can go into heavily damaged areas.
United Kingdom, Berkshire: SPP Pumps, a Reading-based manufacturer of transformer oil pumps has used recent major investments to focus on its transformer cooler product range, allowing the company to offer solutions for oil circulation pumps in the transformer industry.
France, Brittany: France’s first subsea tidal power plant built by GE Power Conversion for Electricité de France (EDF) near Paimpol-Brehat, Brittany, will be completed at the end of 2015.
India, Gujarat: T&R India Ltd has successfully tested their 315 MVA 400 kV autotransformer for dynamic short circuit test at the KEMA test facility in Netherlands, the company states in the press release.
Russia, Leningrad Oblast: Gatchina Electric Networks, a branch of the Russian electric power distributor Lenenergo, has completed reconstruction works on the 110/35/10 kV Ryabovo substation, located in the urban locality southeast of Saint Petersburg.
USA, Texas: A new global busbar market research report “Busbar Market by Power Rating, End User & Region – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2020” is now available.
India, Gujarat: Alstom has manufactured India’s record 200th unit of the 765kV transformer and reactor at its facility at Vadodara in Gujarat.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received orders worth $85 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail to supply traction equipment for projects to expand public rail networks in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
Zambia, Lusaka: Chinese transformer manufacturers TBEA Company Limited and Chint Electric Company have been contracted by Zambia’s largest power company ZESCO to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for three substation upgrade projects.
USA, New York: A new global DGA market study, “Dissolved Gas Analyzer Market – Global Industry Analysis Size Share Growth Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020”, is now available through Transparency Market Research.
Bangladesh, Dhaka: The French Development Finance Institution, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has approved funding of 100 million Euros ($110 million) for establishing better electricity distribution network in Dhaka, according to the agency press release, reports News Next.
South Africa: Two open-gas power plants, Dedisa and Avon, initiated under the South African government’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in 2010, are ready to supply the South African power grid with an additional 1,000 MW of power.