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Norway: A 101-ton transformer was successfully shipped to a Norwegian fjord for final delivery to a remote power station.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB will supply a substation for the Shams Ma’an photovoltaic project, the largest of its kind in Jordan, which will help the country reach renewable targets of 10 percent of its energy mix by 2020.

Transparency Market Research has issued a new market research report titled “Three Phase Transformer Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth Trends, and Forecast 2015 – 2023”.

Germany: Via Siemens AG, Siemens Transformers, has received an order for the Nemo Link, a 140-kilometer HVDC link between Richborough, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium from National Grid in the U.K. and Elia Group in Belgium.

Korea: Korea Electric Power Corp. announced that the company will be designing and building a digitized power substation in Bhutan.

USA, Maryland: A slow moving convoy carrying a transformer through two states experienced delays in Harrisville, Maryland, on Tuesday morning.

Russia, Krasnodar Krai: South Western Electric Networks, a branch of PJSC Kubanenergo, will reconstruct two substations this year which supply power to the city of Anapa and its suburbs in Krasnodar region, the Black Sea.

France, Paris: With the completed acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses, GE Digital Energy and Alstom Grid have combined to form Grid Solutions, a GE and Alstom joint venture.

India, Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced that new substations will be established at a cost of over $1 billion in order to strengthen the power infrastructure in the state, according to The New Indian Express.

Bulgaria, Kyustendil: Bulgarian electricity company CEZ Distribution Bulgaria AD has invested close to $1.7 million in power distribution maintenance works carried out in Kyustendil District, in the southwest of Bulgaria.

ANDERSON — The Anderson Board of Works has awarded a contract for the design work to construct a new electrical power substation for the NTN Driveshaft facility.

India, Delhi: TATA Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) has commissioned its maiden 66/11 kV GIS substation along with ABB India at Prashant Vihar, Rohini, a densely populated residential sub city in North West Delhi.

Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Pestech International Berhad, a Malaysian electric power technology company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Grid Corporation of China to jointly launch a power transformer factory in Cambodia and develop infrastructure projects throughout the country.

Markets and Markets has announced the release of a new market research report “Smart Transformers Market by Type (Power, Distribution, Specialty, and Instrument), Application (Smart Grid, Traction Locomotive, Electric Vehicle Charging, and Others) & by Region – Global Trends & Forecast to 2020”.

Future Market Insights has announced publishing of a new Solid State Transformers Market: APAC Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2014-2020.

$44 Million Loan Includes Investment in Smart Grid Technology

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) operating under Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC) has announced its plan to start exporting Ethiopian made power transformers to neighbouring countries.

Nigeria, Lagos: With a total investment of about $5 billion for building 10 electricity generation plants, several kilometres of transmission lines and distribution facilities across Nigeria, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) has been the leading investor in the nation’s electricity industry.