#Poland

The country aims to reduce its reliance on coal.

GE Vernova and Polimex Mostostal will build the onshore infrastructure facilities that will export power from the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm.

Ocean Winds and SeaRenergy Poland have signed a contract to prepare a conceptual design, construction permit design documentation and obtain a permit an offshore substation.

Ukraine, Kyiv: Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Smyhal has announced that the interstate power transmission line between Ukraine and Poland is now operational.

Poland, Lodz: Hitachi Energy has announced a new transformer insulation fluid treatment process that will become faster after its new investment in Lodz, Poland.

Equinor and Polenergia have selected Hitachi Energy to deliver electrical systems infrastructure for offshore wind projects in Poland.

Poland: Power transmission by a 600 MW undersea cable between Sweden and Poland was restored after an outage, a spokesman for grid operator PSE has stated.

Poland: A team from Iberdrola has paid a visit to ZREW transformer factory in Lodz to supervise progress in the manufacturing of a 30/110 kV, 63 MVA power transformer.

Poland: Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime have confirmed they have been selected to deliver two offshore substations.

Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukrenergo announced the restoration of the cross-border power transmission line between Ukraine and Poland.

Poland, Lubliniec: Hitachi Energy has successfully designed a tap-changer with smaller dimensions than the conventional solution in the market.

Poland: RWE has selected Chantiers de l’Atlantique for supply, engineering, installation and commissioning of a substation for an offshore wind farm in Poland.

Lithuania: Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, has successfully completed the expansion of LitPol Link project.

Poland: IMEFY has won a tender for supplying Energa with new transformers

Poland, Łódź: R&S ZREW has delivered a transformer to a pumped storage power plant in Poland, ESP Żydowo, managed by Energa OZE S.A., part of ORLEN Group.

Sweden, Figeholm: Hitachi ABB Figeholm will move the remaining component production to Poland.

Niepołomice, Poland: Tesar Polska successfully finished the construction of a dry-type transformer with an assembled earthing switch.

AKPEC has been granted loans totalling $50.6 M (£39 M) to retrofit existing distribution networks in the country. Old lines and substations will be retrofitted.

Croatia, Zagreb: Croatian manufacturer of distribution and special transformers KONČAR – D&ST has signed a contract to acquire a majority stake in the Polish transformer manufacturer Power Engineering Transformatory based in Czerwonak, Poznan.

Poland: The first phase-shifting transformer between Poland and Germany has been put in operation at Mikulowa station in Poland.

A new combined cycle gas turbine power plant being built northwest of Warsaw, Poland is being equipped with components for the project.

Germany: German grid operator 50Hertz will be installing phase-shifting transformers on Germany’s borders with Poland and the Czech Republic to regulate the power flow and reduce loop flows via these countries.

Poland, Lodz: ABB will expand the capacity and scope of its transformer production facilities in Lodz, Poland in 2016.

Poland, Łódź: US private equity outfit Highlander Partners has sold Polish power transformer producer ZREW Transformatory to R&S International Holding, a Swiss manufacturer of electrical products owned by Swiss GP CGS Management.

Sweden, Piteå: After the management announced the decision to close ABB Composites plant in Piteå, Sweden, the notice to lay off employees has been withdrawn, as well as the plans to move the production to Poland.

Poland, Opole: Poland’s largest power plant, situated in Opole in the southwest of the country, will be modernized with new energy efficient power transformers.

Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has signed a new contract with АВВ Poland for the supply of a unique three-phase controlled shunt reactor 67/28.9 MVAr, 110 kV, equipped with an on-load tap changer.

Poland, Lubliniec: EthosEnergy Poland S.A. has been awarded a contract for the design, manufacture, transportation and assembly of four 150 MVA 242/13.8 kV generator step-up and two 6 MVA 13.8/6 kV auxiliary transformers for the Porabka-Zar hydropower station in Poland.