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USA, Hawaii: The entire island of Kauai, Hawaii, started the new year without power due to an automatic shutdown of a large generator at the Kapaia Power Station.

UK, London: About 1,200 people had to evacuate one of London’s most popular West End musicals after a small fire in the boiler room of the Queen’s Theatre in the West End.

Russia, Moscow: Moscow United Electric Grid company (MOESK) completed the main phase of the reconstruction of 110 kV Zubovskaya substation located at the heart of the capital.

France, Rhone: The ERDF transformer at Dardilly substation caught fire on New Year’s Eve leaving 14,000 electricity customers without power in Dardilly, Ecully, Champagne, Limones and a few more minicipalities near Lyon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France.

Argentine, Quilmes: Frequent outage problems should soon end for residents of Qilmes, Argentine as 103 new power transformers are scheduled to be built in multiple neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the district.

Russia, Krasnoyarsk: Russian Federal Grid Company has installed a new transformer in the reconstructed 220 kV Levoberezhny substation, which will increase the reliability of electricity supply to the October Railway and Krasnoyarsk region.

Argentine, Buenos Aires: 35,000 customers have been affected by power supply problems in the capital of Argentine as electricity providers try to normalize the service.

Paraguay, Alto Paraná: The National Electricity Administration (ANDE) performed a test energization of a 220/23 kV transformer 41.6 MVA at the field of the future Hernandarias industrial park in Alto Paraná department.

Algeria, Souk Ahras: 45 power transformers will be manufactured and installed in the province of Souk Ahras as part of the 2015 emergency programme developed for the province.

Japan, Tokyo: IHI and Toshiba corporations will conduct demonstration research of a unique turbine system driven by the ocean current, developed under the auspices of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

Turkey, Cannakale: The world’s largest arc furnace transformer manufactured by a company in Balıkesir, Turkey for an iron and steel furnace plant in Biga has been delivered after an arduous 2.5-day ride.

Saudi Arabia, Al-Hasa: Saudi Arabia’s National Grid has awarded a $40 million contract to the Spanish engineering and construction firm Isolux Corsan for the construction of two 115 kV substations in Al Hasa.

Ukraine, Kiev: Kyivenergo has completed the reconstruction of the Obolon substation 110/10 kV, which forms an important part of the energy supply system of the capital.

Argentine, Tucuman: After a $1.5 million investment into substation expansion project, a new transformer substation will be opened today in the province of Tucuman.

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Russia, Leningrad Oblast: The Russian transformer factory Elektrozavod has manufactured modular single-phase transformers of 533 MVA, 330 kV for Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant 2 following the order by Rosenergoatom operating the power plant.

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: Alstom has won a €40 million ($49 million) turnkey contract by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to reconstruct the 275 kV Tudan substation in Sarawak, one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo, otherwise known as East Malaysia.

USA, California: Nearly 20,000 homes and businesses in San Bernardino and Highland were left without power after a blaze at the Southern California Edison substation.

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Oman, Muscat: Oman Electricity Transmission Company has signed 6 agreements related to construction works on a new grid station, expansion of a number of existing plants, reinforcement of overhead transmission lines and consultancy services coming at a costs of about $225 million.

USA, New York State: The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has given a green light to a budget that will send $24.5 million for transformer and circuit breaker replacements in St. Lawrence County.

New Zealand, Southland: Repairs to New Zealand’s largest hydro station have begun with the first of three new giant transformers being delivered to the Manapouri Power Station.

Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast: The so-called “million kVA” has been delivered to the railway station “Electric” near the Slavic Thermal Power Plant located in the north of Donetsk region.

China, Baoding: State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has awarded a $195million contract to Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co., Ltd (BTW) for the supply of 4 packages of AC and HVDC transformers for two transmission projects.

UAE, Dubai: ABB has secured a contract worth $55 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) to build a substation that will integrate power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park.

Denmark, Fredericia: Energinet.dk has been granted permission for $577 million investment into a grid connection for the 600 MW Kriegers Flak wind farm in the Baltic Sea off Denmark.

Equatorial Guinea, Annobon: US-based power management company Eaton will support the construction of a 5 MW solar microgrid system in Annobon Province by providing electrical engineering services and power distribution equipment.

Algeria, Tamanrasset: The province of Tamarasset has been granted $6 million as part of the emergency programme for the improvement of the electricity distribution network.