#power transformers

Spain: Westrafo has been selected by a prestigious German EPC to provide two power transformers for a photovoltaic plant in Spain.

Transformers play a pivotal role in the generation, transmission and distribution (T&D) of electricity.

New Zealand: Northpower is spending just over $18 M replacing ageing transformers around Whangārei and Kaipara for better electricity supply security.

Colombia: The company has shared the delivery of the power transformer with Celsia Energía in the 115 kV Zarzal Substation project.

India, Bihar: The Bihar government will install power transformers to cover all the affected Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the state.

China, Shanxi, Jinzhong: Baobian Electric has delivered the last 1000 kV power transformer contracted for the Jinzhong 1000 kV substation expansion project.

Končar – Power Transformers (KPT) Ltd., a joint-venture of Siemens Energy and Končar, has successfully contracted supply of 7 transformers with FirstEnergy Corp.

Netherlands: Siemens energy has announced a successful testing of a 170 MVA/400 kV transformer from their Jinan factory.

Ongoing refurbishment of ageing grid and global demand for uninterrupted electricity supply have instigated the installation of transformers.

USA, Missouri, Washington: Equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, modern processes and handling systems, the new plant had an investment of $17 M.

Tanzania: Installation of 27 transformers at the Julius Nyerere Hydro Electric Power Project (JHNPP) has started.

Hungary, Budapest: Ganz Transformers and Electric Rotating Machines Ltd. have announced the company was awarded the delivery of power transformers to ACCIONA.

Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Sarens transported components weighing 600 T from KCOI port in Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan.

Ireland: Power System Partners have announced delivery of new transformers by SGB Power Transformers to H&MV.

The Series Overshoot Compensation is a HAEFELY patented additional circuit for impulse generators.

India, Bhubaneswar: By charging three EHV grid substations and one LILO line in a day, Odisha Power Transmission Corporation (OPTCL) set a record on 14 July.

According to the Reportlinker, the growth in the global market is steered by rising demand for electricity and the resulting expansion of the T&D network.

Despite its ups and downs, the overall GCC transformers market is still a large demand centre for both power and distribution trans-formers

Steps realized in the development of transformers and the story about how GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions’ ancestor companies contributed to that evolution

Mapping must be used as a starting point for condition-based maintenance to define the actions needed to ensure the transformer fleet’s performance reliability.

The second part of Končar-Elektroindusdtrija’s Supervisory board meeting was held Friday, 20 December.

German transformer manufacturer SGB-SMIT has opened an online transformer shop.

Bulgaria: Bulgaria’s Power Distribution South, part of Austrian energy group EVN, said that it has signed two contracts for the purchase of power transformers, worth a total of $3.5 million (3.2 million euro), VAT excluded.

Indonesia: CG Power & Industrial Solutions announced that its step down subsidiary, PT CG Power Systems Indonesia (CG Indonesia) has bagged an order from Indonesian state utility PT PLN (Persero) for manufacture and supply of 25 units of power transformers valued at $24 M.

Saudi Arabia: South Korea’s Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., the electric systems unit of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, announced Tuesday that it has won an order worth $23.9 M (28 B won) to supply power transformers for the Hawiyah Gas Plant Expansion Project in Saudi Arabia.

Nigeria: The executive vice chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mohammed Haruna said that Nigeria will work closely with China for the production of Nigerian-made transformers.

Pakistan: Pakistan’s Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) has installed over 2000 transformers this year.

The TCN confirmed that a transmission substation in Abuja caught fire and stated that one of the power transformers in the substation was involved.