Russia, Tula: Electrical substation at the site of the Uzlovaya industrial park in Tula where Haveyl Motor Manufacturing Rus, a subsidiary of Chinese company Great Wall Motors, is building a new car factory is ready for installation of the electrical equipment after the station control room has been commissioned.
Germany: Siemens has received an order to supply two phase-shifting transformers to California from the local supplier of energy to the Imperial Valley area in Southern California.
Siemens has announced a power transformer technology portfolio engineered and adapted to address resiliency and power security challenges in the U.S. market, and help utilities respond to the new pressures to invest in protecting and updating their transformers to be able to react in cases of emergency.
Germany: Siemens has received an order for 14 ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) converter transformers for the Nanjing station of the Shanxi Jinbei-Jiangsu Nanjing transmission project in China.
Germany, Munich: Siemens has signed a far-reaching agreement with the Hidrocarbon and Energy Ministry of Bolivia on energy cooperation and future collaboration in the field of products and services for the oil & gas industry
Isolux Corsan and its consortium partner Siemens have received a contract to design, build and install high voltage direct current (HVDC) equipment between Ethiopia and Kenya.
Mexico, Mexico City: Mexico’s federal utility CFE has awarded Siemens a $29.8 million substation and transmission line project in the northern state of Coahuila.
Vienna, Austria: An exquisite visionary conference on transformer technology organized by the TRANSFORM partner companies ended on Thursday, 15 October 2015.
Siemens has recently received three orders from the Power Grid Corporation of India, for the total of 28 500 MVA/800 kV autotransformers and spare parts, the company announced in the press release.
Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has announced it will sign an agreement with Siemens to establish six new electricity transmission stations at a cost of $268 million, according to Ahram Online.
Egypt, Cairo: Three international companies will present their technical proposals to the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian ministries of electricity next month, in a bid to build three transformer stations to create an electrical interconnection project between the two countries.
Qatar: State-owned utility Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded a $519 million (€470 million) contract to Siemens for the supply of 18 turnkey substations to supply power and help to cater for increasing electricity demand.
Georgia, Tbilisi: Georgia’s Ministry of Energy has officially launched the construction of the €13 million Khorga substation in Khobi Municipality, Akhalsopeli village in western Georgia.
Iraq, Bagdad: Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced that Siemens has signed a contract for electricity substation work in Iraq including the supply of electrical equipment and civil works for several 132 kV gas insulated substations, according to Arabian Industry.
Siemens was granted two contracts by Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) for the turnkey offer which includes the construction of three substations in Qatar and the supply of air-insulated switchgears.
Belgium, Bruxelles: Elia Grid International (EGI) and Siemens NV/SA have entered into an agreement to jointly identify, develop and – when advisable and approved by the customer – implement potential high-voltage projects in the so-called EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
Denmark, Copenhagen: Danish rail company Banedanmark has awarded Siemens and construction company Per Aarsleff AS the contract to electrify nine rail routes totalling 1,300 kilometres.
France, Paris: French group Schneider Electric plans to move production of its biggest-selling power transformers to Poland and cut as many as 170 domestic jobs, reports Reuters citing the French daily Les Echos.
Pakistan, Lahore: Siemens Pakistan is close to finalising the deal with Pak Elektron Limited (PEL), Pakistani manufacturer of electrical equipment, for the sale of its transformers business in Karachi.
Ireland, Dublin: Developer Mainstream Renewable Power has placed a first order for Siemens’ new offshore transmission module (OTM) for its 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe development off Scotland.
Denmark, Copenhagen: Having announced a new, smaller and cost-saving HVAC solution for offshore wind projects, Siemens has launched a new alternating-current (AC) grid access solution at for connecting near-shore wind power plants to the grid.
Denmark: Siemens believes that using smaller high-voltage alternating-current (HVAC) transformers for offshore wind projects could reduce project costs by up to 30%.
USA, Ontario: Siemens Canada was selected as part of a consortium with Mortenson Construction, to design, supply and install the HVDC equipment and buildings for the Bipole III HVDC Project’s two converter stations for Manitoba Hydro.
Germany, Munich: Siemens demanded cost cuts from suppliers of offshore-wind infrastructure as the company expects the sea-based turbine installations worldwide to grow.
India, Mumbai: Siemens India has delivered 1200 kV capacitor voltage transformer (CVT) for the ultra high voltage national test station at Power Grid Corporation, Bina, Madhya Pradesh.
Germany, Munich: Siemens has signed two contracts with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the construction of Static Var Compensators (SVCs) at Madinah East, Hail-2 and Al Jouf-2 380kV substations.
Japan, Tokyo: Marubeni supplied main transformers and outdoor switchgear system as part of Chana 2 combined cycle power plant delivery with Siemens to Electric Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
Germany, Berlin: Siemens has won an order from ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG to supply an Integrated Drive System for the expansion of PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk.’s Tuban cement plant in Java.