Australia, New South Wales: An Australian transformer manufacturer Wilson Transformer has been awarded a contract to supply power transformers for the White Rock Wind Farm project near Glen Innes in New South Wales.
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat: A major energy project is being implemented in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat in order to improve the reliability of power supply in the capital city.
USA, Pennsylvania: Construction has begun on a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission substation near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, to help meet the increased electrical usage of the area’s expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.
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.
USA, Minnesota: The Prairie Island nuclear plant began its 30th refueling of Unit 1, during which the plant operator plans to spend $50 million on the maintenance and new equipment.
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Australia, Perth: About 80 workers will lose their jobs at the ABB’s Malaga factory in Perth, which this time last year celebrated 60 years of transformer manufacturing in Western Australia.
Andritz Hydro, part of Austria-based Andritz Group, has received an order from the Phonesack Group Limited to supply electromechanical equipment for the Nam Theun 1 hydropower project in Laos.
USA, NY: Transparency market research has made available a new report on single phase transformers titled “Single Phase Transformer Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2016 – 2024”.
USA, Illinois: PowerVolt Group announced it has acquired Indiana Transformer in Addison, Illinois for an undisclosed sum.
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.
UK, Yorkshire: A UK transformer manufacturer has recently completed a refurbishment of three power transformers for a client in Ireland.
Indonesia, Jakarta: In an effort to cater to Greater Jakarta’s rapid development, state electricity company PLN plans to invest billions of dollars in building a number of new power plants and transmission networks in the area.
Kazakhstan, Kentau: Kazakhstan’s Kentau transformer plant has assembles its first power transformer with the capacity of 80 MVA, capable of providing electricity to 10 districts in the country.
USA, Los Angeles: Scattered transformer fires around Los Angeles left thousands of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers without electricity on Monday morning following the overnight rain storm.
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USA, Utah: Last month someone with a high-powered rifle fired several shots and successfully disabled a substation owned by Garkane Energy Cooperative, leading to a day-long power outage for about 13,000 Utah residents.
Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Centre in Amagasaki, Japan by 2018.
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.
Russia, Samara: A new power transformer has been delivered to Samara Thermal Power Station to replace the old unit which was installed in 1975.
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Kenya, Nairobi: According to the statement by Kenya Power’s CEO, the national utility is currently running power projects valued at around $280 million, which will promote local transformer and electrical equipment manufacturers.
France, Cadarache: Last week a 14-metre long transformer supplied to ITER, world’s largest tokamak, by a manufacturer in China was moved to its permanent location.
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.
Mayor Dwight Lethbridge worries 200-tonne transformers will damage town roads
Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador: The mayor of Cartwright, a Sandwich Bay community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada says his town should be compensated for the role it will play in the Muskrat Falls project as Nalcor finalizes plans to ship seven 200-tonne transformers to the work site by way of the port in that community.
Ireland, Dublin: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Markets for Transformers” report to their offering.