#power transformers

USA, California: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) offered a $ 250,000 reward for information that could help to determine who attacked the transformer station in Silicon Valley a year ago.

The Philippines, Batangas province: The 1,000 MW Santa Rita natural gas power plant has lost a quarter of its capacity after one of the transformers sustained damage.

Russia: IDGC of the North -West (Rosseti Group) will start major repairs work under the maintenance programme in 2014.

USA, Florida: Crane Rental Corporation recently hauled a transformer in central Florida.

China: Alstom’s very first 800 kV HVDC converter transformer passed factory acceptance tests (FAT) in Shandong, China.

Russia, Stavropol: Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) will allocate RUB 595 million ($ 16.7 million) for the reconstruction of the 500 kV substation Budennovsk providing electricity from Rostov NPP to the North Caucasus.

India: Reportbuyer.com has added a new market research report Electrical Equipment Market in India 2014-2018.

Russia, Zabaykalsky Krai: JSC IDGC of Siberia (Rosseti Group) – Chitaenergo completed the first stage of electrification at the processing plant at Noyon Tologoysky in Zabaykalsky Krai.

Canada, Torbay: Newfoundland Power stated it will cost at least $ 350,000 to repair the power transformer, which was intentionally shot at earlier this month, and clean up the oil spill which was a result of the attack.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has opened a new factory in Lodz, Poland, which will manufacture a range of transformer components.

Zimbabwe: ZESA Enterprises (ZENT-ZESA Holdings’ subsidiary) announced it requires at least $ 12 million for recapitalisation.

Russia, Vsevolozhsk : After extensive renovation, Lenenergo (Rosseti Group) opened Luppolovo substation in the Leningrad Oblast (Region). The substation is crucial for the newly constructed housing estates and residential complexes.

USA, Nevada: Ormat Technologies, an Israeli holding company based in the United States, announced it has signed an agreement to finance $ 1.17 billion with an Indonesian group to built a giant geothermal power plant Sarulla in North Sumatra.

France: Schneider Electric has been selected by AREVA to supply the power equipment for its offshore wind projects.

Canada, Montreal: Infolytica has introduced MagNet for SolidWorks – a 3D electromagnetic field simulator embedded in the industry leading CAD software.

Russia, Moscow: Federal Grid Company (FGC UES) will invest RUB 3.87 billion (approx. $ 109 million) in the programme to improve reliability of power facilities in 2014, which is approximately 10 % higher than last year.

Indonesia, Jakarta: Crompton Greaves (CG) Power Transformer plant at Indonesia has won an order worth $ 29 million from PT PLN (Perusahaan Listrik Negara) Indonesia to upgrade the electricity grid.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a $ 175 million contract to upgrade the power generation capacity at Zirku oil and gas processing facilities in the Gulf.

Germany, Lübeck: A new Alstom power transformer was transported last night to the old part of Lübeck situated on an island. The transformer will replace the predecessor from the 1960s.

India, Hyderabad: Japan-based Meidensha Corporation and India’s power equipment manufacturer Prime Electric Ltd have signed a joint venture agreement with Meidensha acquiring 23 % stake.

USA, New York: Crompton Greaves (CG) has successfully designed, engineered, installed, tested and commissioned a substation expansion including two 45/75 MVA power transformers for the GlobalFoundries’ Fab 8 computer chip manufacturing complex in Malta, New York.

India, Maharashtra: Alstom T&D India have won a INR 182 crore ($ 30.5 million) contract from the state-run PowerGrid Corporation to supply HVDC converter transformers.

Russia, Novosibirsk: ABB has supplied four autotransformers for Novosibirsk HPP within the long-term programme of technical upgrade of JSC RusGidro facilities.

France, Bouchain: Today, a giant power transformer will be transported to the site of the EDF gas-fired combined-cycle plant in Bouchain.

USA, Maine: According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the O’Connor Superfund Site on Eastern Avenue, Augusta will be removed from the national priorities list after 30 years of monitoring and millions of dollars spent on cleaning.

Colombia, Sincelejo: The new substation Mojana in Majagual has been energised and the line between San Marcos and La Sierpe (Majagual) has began operation.

Uruguay: Urutransfor signed a contract with National Electricity Corporation of Venezuela worth $ 32 million to supply 60 power transformers over 3 years.

Russia, Rostov-na-Donu: Volgograd branch of JSC IDGC of the South has already repaired 12 power transformers in January and February 2014, according to the company department for public relations.