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The substation powers Russian Railways traction substations, the Stanovaya oil pumping station and ensures transmission between power systems.

In the Russian city of Vladivostok, a fire broke out at two substations after explosions, leaving hundreds of buildings without power.

Dozens of buildings in Moscow have had power and heat cut off due to a fire that broke out at one of the city’s substations.

A fire caused by a transformer explosion broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment.

The Chagino substation was on fire in Lyublino District of Moscow on the night of 23-24 November.

Unknown unmanned aerial vehicles attacked a substation, leaving residents of 67 settlements without electricity.

Russia, Novosibirsk: WRU is proud to announce that it is increasing its footprint in the country by opening another office located in Novosibirsk.

Russia, Moscow:  Sistema PJSFC, announces its affiliate LLC Megapolis Invest has entered into agreements to acquire a 64.37 % share in JSC Elektrozavod.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded the contract to supply its 110 kV F35 gas insulated switchgear for the Arctic LNG 2 project.

A large fire has destroyed a transformer at the RUMO plant substation in Russia.

Russia, Tula Oblast: Tulenergo has completed the first phase of a comprehensive reconstruction of the Central substation in Tula, which feeds power to a large number of industrial and residential customers in this Russian city.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has been awarded with a contract for the manufacture and supply of a three-phase back-up transformer for Boguchanskaya Hydro Power Plant.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Russian transformer manufacturer Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has manufactured, tested and shipped the last of the four autotransformers for RusHydro’s Volzhskaya HPP substation upgrade.

Russia, Samara: A new power transformer has been delivered to Samara Thermal Power Station to replace the old unit which was installed in 1975.

Russia, Lipetsk: Russian utility company Lipetskenergo is investing close to $4 million in the reconstruction of a Lipetsk Railway Substation.

Russia: Transneft-Vostok has completed testing of two transformers, designed specifically for the ESPO-1 (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline).

Belgium, Brussels: On 4 August the EU imposed anti-dumping measures against some China and Russia steel following industry complaints from the European Steel Association.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Russian transformer manufacturer Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has successfully tested the first four autotransformers manufactured for Volzhskaya HPP substations, which are being modernized by RusHydro.

Russia, Far East: Khabarovsk airport substation is undergoing a comprehensive reconstruction, performed by the Khabarovsk Electrical Networks has been upgraded with a third power transformer.

Russia, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg’s utility company, St. Petersburg Network, will put into operation three modular mobile substations in the north-west of St. Petersburg to ensure reliable power supply to consumers in Petrogradsky and Primorskly regions.

Russia, Moscow: An international steel producer, NLMK, which operates facilities in Russia, the USA and the EU, has been certified by ABB as a qualified supplier of transformer steel.

RUSSIA, Moscow: French transformer manufacturer Schneider Electric is preparing an investment contract to set up new production facilities and additionally localize products at existing assets in Russia.

Russia, Volga Federal District: Russian utility company Nizhnovenergo is implementing a large power infrastructure rehabilitation project planned for 2016-2017, which will see 270 transformer substations and distribution points repaired and reconstructed in the Volga Federal District.

Russia: Russian companies Ruselprom-Transformer, Electroenergetics and Togliatti Transformer have developed, designed and delivered a special reactor for the Kafa substation located in Feodosia on the Black Sea coast.

Russia, St. Petersburg: The joint venture Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has completed production of two power transformers for the Salda substation in the Sverdlovsk region, operated by the Federal Grid Company.

Russia, Khabarovsk: The Khabarovsk branch of a Russian utility company DRSC is entering the final stages of the reconstruction of the 110 kV substation which feeds the Khabarovsk airport boundary.

Russia: A new electrical substation has been commissioned and put into operation at the site of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant under construction.

Russia, Tula: Tulenergo is upgrading the 110 kV Central substation in the city of Tula, which provides electricity to than 60% of consumers in the central district of the city.