#power transformer news

Germany: A 240-tonne power transformer has been delivered from Halle, Leipzig to Grünstädtel by rail, using a historic locomotive and steam engine from the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Africa: With over 635 million people without access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for investment in the growth and development of its power sector is huge.

Turkey: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a $110 million loan to help fund development of renewable energy projects in Turkey.

Nigeria, Katsina: Katsina State government will be procuring new transformer units in order to boost power supply in the state.

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

Dominican Republic, La Vega: Edenorte, a Dominican government-owned power distribution company is installing a new power transformer at the Palmarito substation in the city of La Vega.

USA, New Jersey: The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in southern Ocean County, New Jersey remains shut down for the fifth day as staff work to solve the electric problem that sent it offline.

USA, New York: A transformer failure at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in suburban New York which caused a fire forcing an automatic shutdown of a reactor also caused an oil leakage into the Hudson River.

India, Bihar: Alstom T&D India has signed three orders worth approximately €30 million to build two 220 kV and four 132 kV air insulated substations (AIS) for Bihar State Power Transmission Company Limited (BSPTCL).

USA, Texas: A fire involving two transformers forced evacuation of the Stonebriar Centre Mall in Frisco, Texas on Sunday afternoon.

USA, Ohio: With the current move by U.S. utility companies to deliver higher and higher voltages from the grid, many schools, colleges and universities across the United States will have to replace their transformers, according to Cincinnati-based Electric Service Company (ELSCO), specializing in providing new, repaired and rebuilt transformers.

USA, South Carolina: American Electric Power (AEP) crews are still working to restore power after an underground fire broke out in downtown Charleston on Thursday night.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been selected to implement a rural smart grid project on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

USA, Maryland: FirstEnergy Corp. is expanding a transmission substation in Frederick, Maryland, to accommodate new voltage-regulating equipment designed to help reinforce the electric system, support load growth and enhance service reliability in Potomac Edison’s service area.

India, Uttarakhand: Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has successfully commissioned the first unit of 82.5 MW at the upcoming Shrinagar Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand.

Ukraine, Zaporozhye: For the period of three months of 2015, Zaporozhtransformator PJSC (ZTR) completed installation of 39 units of transformer equipment, including 32 power transformers and 7 reactors.

USA, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) is building new power lines and substations as part of a $300 million Northeast-Pocono Reliability Project, which is now entering its final stage.

India, Noida: Alstom T&D India has been selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL), located at the Kala Amb industrial area of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.

Indonesia, Jakarta: Indonesian President has presented an energy programme to build power plants in 240 places across Indonesia to meet the demand of 35,000 MW of electricity in the next five years.

Russia, Moscow Oblast: JSC Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) is investing $24 million in the reconstruction of two power supply stations, Pernatovo 110 kV and Dedovo 110 kV, in the Istrinsky district.

USA, Florida: Pattern Energy Group Inc., the Orlando-based independent power company, has awarded a contract to Siemens for the supply, support installation and provision of long-term service for 65 wind turbines for the Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) to be located near Fowler, Indiana.

New Zealand, Southland: Invercargill, New Zealand’s and the world’s southernmost city might soon power up with an upgraded substation as independent commissioner is to consider a planned substation upgrade in its residential area.

Norway, Oslo: Power prices in Estonia surged on Monday due to an outage on the 650-megawatt Estlink 2 submarine power cable to Finland which sent the spread between Estonian and Finnish prices to almost 10 euros, reports Reuters.

Germany, Berlin: Röchling Engineering Plastics, a German manufacturer of transformer insulation and construction materials, will for the first time present platforms for oil-filled high-voltage transformers made of the insulation material Trafoboard HD-PH in new dimensions at the CWIEME 2015 exhibition that opens in Berlin tomorrow.

USA, Connecticut: A power transformer issue at Yale University caused outages at many buildings on the central and science campuses before it was resolved on Saturday.

Zambia, Lusaka: A power failure that plunged most of Zambia into darkness at the beginning of last week was caused by a fault at a transformer in a substation in the north of the country, reports Bloomberg.

India, Mumbai: Avantha Group Company CG has signed a contract with the national power utility of Paraguay, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), for the design, manufacturing, testing and supply of 245 kV, 72.5 kV and 23 kV switchgear equipment.

USA, Minnesota: Jordan Transformer, LLC, a Minnesota-based provider of transformer remanufacturing, repair and rewind services hit a manufacturing milestone in the past week having built and sold its first mobile substation, manufactured from scratch in Jordan, Minnesota.