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To better serve current and future customers in the USA and Canada, Nynas will extend its storage capacity and distribution network for naphthenic specialty oils with a depot in New Jersey, North East USA.

Germany: German power regulation company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has invested in Gridco Systems, a start-up company offering next-generation power electronics devices to actively manage voltage and reactive power at the distribution circuit level, which has raised $12 million in a funding round including existing investors and MR as a strategic investor.

USA, New Jersey: Montvale officials have inaugurated a new substation from Rockland Electric Company in Montvale, New Jersey.

The Netherlands, Breukelen: Tennet has successfully complete the second part of the transformer transport to its new Breukelen Kortrijk substation.

China, Beijing: Electrical High Voltage Equipment Life Management (ELM) International Conference organized by WEIDMANN, part of the Swiss Wicor Holding AG, is to be held in Beijing from November 10-11, 2016 at the Oriental Bay International Hotel.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has developed, manufactured and energized a 1,200 kV ultra-high-voltage power transformer to support India’s plans to build a 1,200 kV transmission system, supplementing the existing 400 kV and 800 kV transmission grids.

Germany: TransnetBW, a transmission network operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, recently installed a 420 kV power transformer in one of its substations in southwest Germany that is cooled and insulated with natural ester fluid.

The October 2016 edition of Transformers Magazine is now available with an array of interesting content on some of the most topical issues in the transformers industry today.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya’s first transformer manufacturing plant, established by the Chinese company Yocean Group, has been officially opened this week.

Croatia, Zagreb: Marking the 95th anniversary of the foundation of the Croatian electrical equipment manufacturer Končar, Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović visited three transformer plants within the Končar Group.

India, Tamil Nadu: GE has set up a dedicated 765 kV manufacturing line at its high voltage transmission equipment manufacturing facility at Padappai in Chennai.

India, Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Co. Ltd. (TANGEDCO) is strengthening the distribution network in Chennai by setting up new substations and installing new transformers in existing substations.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya Power transformer suppliers will have to shift to converters that contain aluminium windings, as opposed to copper ones currently in use, as the utility firm tries to curb transformer vandalism and improve the quality of power supply.

Germany, Gambach: Two large power transformers have been delivered at the new substation being built in Gambach by the German utility company Bayernwerk.

South Africa, Johannesburg: South Africa’s electricity company Eskom has announced it held a workshop to discuss the modalities of adopting natural esters as the preferred insulating fluid for transformers.

Turkey, Istanbul: General Electric (GE) has announced that it will transform its power transformers factory in Gebze, Turkey during a special ceremony which also marked the inauguration of the largest power transformer test lab in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region, which will be located within the power transformers factory.

USA, New York: General Electric in Niskayuna, New York is one beneficiary of a $1.5 million initiative by the Department of Energy to produce large power transformers that are critical to the nation’s power grid.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina stated that the bank is set to approve a $1 billion for budget support for Nigeria next month, according to ESI-Africa.

Indonesia, Jakarta: Energy Management Division of PT Siemens Indonesia and the Indonesian energy company PT Krakatau Daya Listrik (KDL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership for the repair and testing of transformers in Indonesia.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received orders to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and shunt reactors to Red Eléctrica de España (REE), the transmission agent and operator of the Spanish electricity system, to support the upgrade of the electricity transmission infrastructure on the Canary Islands.

USA, Texas: The General Electric Co. unit has provided the construction financing for 163 MW Falvez Astra wind project, which will enable the construction of the wind power plant in the Texas Panhandle.

USA, Minnesota: St Peter City Council, in Minnesota, has approved the proposed upgrade of the 48-year-old infrastructure at South Front Street electrical substation.

Ireland, Dublin: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Smart Transformer Market Insights, Opportunity Analysis, Market Shares and Forecast, 2016 – 2022” report to their offering.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has developed an UHVDC transformer bushing capable of handling 10,000 MW of direct current electrical power rated for 800 kV, which enables larger transmissions of power over longer distances.

USA, Idaho: Scientists from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have developed and demonstrated a new ballistic barrier system to protect electricity substations from potential attacks.

Swiss engineering group ABB has signalled that it may retain its power grids division under a new strategy to be unveiled next month — despite calls for a break-up of its businesses from an activist investor, about which Transformers Magazine has earlier reported.

Sweden, Östersund: Swedish company Skanska has signed a contract with Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to build the Nedre Otta hydropower project in the municipalities Sel and Vågå in Norway.

India, Chennai: Tamil Nadu State government is expected to save millions it has been spending on the maintenance of high-voltage power transformers as the Research & Development wing of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is to introduce bellows in order to preserve transformer insulation.