New reactor commissioned at substation in Punjab
India, Punjab: Hartek Power Pvt Ltd has installed and commissioned a 400 kV/125 MVAr reactor at the 400/220 kV Dhuri substation in Punjab.
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Alstom T&D India wins transformers and reactors orders at Agra
India, Uttar Pradesh: Alstom T&D India has been awarded three contracts valued at around €33 million by Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (Power Grid) to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for 765/400 kV substation situated at Agra in Uttar Pradesh and spare units of 765 kV transformers and reactors as part of Eastern and Southern Region Strengthening Schemes.
Alstom manufactured 200th 765kV transformer and reactor
India, Gujarat: Alstom has manufactured India’s record 200th unit of the 765kV transformer and reactor at its facility at Vadodara in Gujarat.
Faulty transformer at N.Y. plant is set for replacement
USA, New York: The failed transformer which sparked a fire and oil leak at Indian Point nuclear power plant in the New York City suburbs must be replaced, according to officials.
Faulty transformer keeps Oyster Creek NPP offline for fifth straight day
USA, New Jersey: The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in southern Ocean County, New Jersey remains shut down for the fifth day as staff work to solve the electric problem that sent it offline.
Transformer fire at Indian Point causes oil spill in Hudson River
USA, New York: A transformer failure at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in suburban New York which caused a fire forcing an automatic shutdown of a reactor also caused an oil leakage into the Hudson River.