USA: An executive order from President Obama on space weather has been announced this month, trying to accelerate the efforts aimed at detecting, analyzing and responding to solar storm threats that could strike the United States.
United Kingdom, Scotland: A massive power transformer is to be transported by road through Scotland’s Perthshire County.
According to GlobalData’s latest report “Distribution Transformers Market, Update 2016 – Market Size, Competitive Landscape, Key Country Analysis and Forecasts to 2020”, extensive power plant capacity additions, economic growth, and the need to improve access to electricity in the emerging economies of Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East are driving grid expansion and the distribution transformers market.
Egypt, Cairo: The government of Egypt has secured a loan from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to part-finance the procurement of materials and associated services for several packages for the 650 MW Cairo West Supercritical Power Station.
Canada, Ontario: The Ontario government has approved the construction of a wind farm on Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, which is internationally designated as an Important Bird Area, and known as the owl capital of North America.
USA, Chicago: According to the new smart grid market report published by Scalar Market Research, the smart grid market is expected to grow from $39.84 billion in 2016 and reach $83.81 billion in 2022, growing at an estimated CAGR of 13.20% during the forecast period.
Ireland: A new power transformer weighing 540 tonne, and a largest ever to arrive in Ireland, has safely completed its journey which started in Italy.
Canada, Ontario: The power plant that heats and cools much of downtown London, a city in Ontario, Canada, while generating power is in for a major expansion.
Australia, New South Wales: An Australian transformer manufacturer Wilson Transformer has been awarded a contract to supply power transformers for the White Rock Wind Farm project near Glen Innes in New South Wales.
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat: A major energy project is being implemented in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat in order to improve the reliability of power supply in the capital city.
USA, Pennsylvania: Construction has begun on a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission substation near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, to help meet the increased electrical usage of the area’s expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.
Germany, Schwedt: Two large power transformers have made their way through Schwedt, a town in north-eastern Brandenburg near the Polish border, on their way to the construction site of the new Vierraden substation.
USA, Minnesota: The Prairie Island nuclear plant began its 30th refueling of Unit 1, during which the plant operator plans to spend $50 million on the maintenance and new equipment.
United Kingdom, Scotland: A slow-moving trailer carrying a giant transformer for a substation in Sutherland has completed the last leg of its journey two days ago.
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Australia, Perth: About 80 workers will lose their jobs at the ABB’s Malaga factory in Perth, which this time last year celebrated 60 years of transformer manufacturing in Western Australia.
Andritz Hydro, part of Austria-based Andritz Group, has received an order from the Phonesack Group Limited to supply electromechanical equipment for the Nam Theun 1 hydropower project in Laos.
USA, NY: Transparency market research has made available a new report on single phase transformers titled “Single Phase Transformer Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2016 – 2024”.
USA, Illinois: PowerVolt Group announced it has acquired Indiana Transformer in Addison, Illinois for an undisclosed sum.
Germany: A German heavy haulage provider has for the first time used a new heavy-duty drive unit that was launched earlier this year to transport a giant power transformer to Ibbenbüren power station.
UK, Yorkshire: A UK transformer manufacturer has recently completed a refurbishment of three power transformers for a client in Ireland.
Indonesia, Jakarta: In an effort to cater to Greater Jakarta’s rapid development, state electricity company PLN plans to invest billions of dollars in building a number of new power plants and transmission networks in the area.
Kazakhstan, Kentau: Kazakhstan’s Kentau transformer plant has assembles its first power transformer with the capacity of 80 MVA, capable of providing electricity to 10 districts in the country.
USA, Los Angeles: Scattered transformer fires around Los Angeles left thousands of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers without electricity on Monday morning following the overnight rain storm.
One very important component of a power transformer is the on-load tap changer (OLTC). The principal of the Dynamic Resistance Measurement (DRM) was developed to analyze the switching process of OLTCs.
USA, Utah: Last month someone with a high-powered rifle fired several shots and successfully disabled a substation owned by Garkane Energy Cooperative, leading to a day-long power outage for about 13,000 Utah residents.
Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at its Transmission and Distribution Centre in Amagasaki, Japan by 2018.
Germany, Niestetal: The new substation at the Sandershäuser mountain in Niestetal, Germany is taking shape, with the large power transformer from the Netherlands delivered to the site.