#substation upgrade

ComEd has announced an expansion of its 765 kV Wilton Center substation, which will enable the largest cluster of renewable projects interconnected to the Illinois grid to date.

India, Madhya Pradesh: State power utility Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Ltd (MPPTCL) has improved the capacity of its 220 kV Chichli substation.

Australia: The upgrade of the Tamworth substation is now complete, the larges substation as part of the Transgrid Queensland-NSW Interconnector (QNI) project.

India, Assam: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has upgraded Assam’s New Mariani substation, a government release said.

New Zealand: Northpower is spending just over $18 M replacing ageing transformers around Whangārei and Kaipara for better electricity supply security.

PNM has replaced the equipment at the substation in Cliff, New Mexico.

USA, South Dakota, Pierre: After being offline since September 2018 for a major upgrade, the Evans Street electrical substation in Pierre is back online.

USA, Pennsylvania: The Board of Managers of PJM, Pennsylvanian electric utility company, has approved more than $636 million in transmission investments.

Canada, British Columbia: The Winsor Substation in Elko, British Columbia will receive its first substantial upgrade since it was initially built in 1970, as part of BC Hydro’s 10-year investment plan for the upgrade of the province’s distribution and transmission system.

Kenya, Nairobi: Kenya Power has signed contracts worth $32.5 million with local companies to implement 12 substation upgrade projects in the country.

Russia, Buryatia: The Federal Grid Company (FGC) has upgraded the 220 kV Selenduma substation in Buryati with nine new current transformers.

Colombia, Velez: A new power transformer will be commissioned in a few days at Barbosa substation in the municipality of Velez, Colombia, as part the Remos substation upgrade programme.

USA, California: Southern California Edison (SoCal Ed) is proposing to upgrade an existing Mesa substation in the Los Angeles Basin to 500 kV to help make up for the retirement of the 2,250 MW San Onofre nuclear plant and planned shutdowns of power plants that use ocean water for cooling.

Russia, Moscow: Moscow United Electric Grid Company completed the first phase of a large-scale reconstruction of Avtozavodskaya substation 220/110 kV, into which the company will invest $62 million (3.8 billion rubles).

Australia, Western Australia: ABB has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide a substation upgrade solution for a new power station being constructed by TransAlta in South Hedland, Western Australia.

Australia, Western Australia: ABB has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide a substation upgrade solution for a new power station being constructed by TransAlta in South Hedland, Western Australia.

USA, New Jersey: A FirstEnergy Company Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) plans to spend a total of $267 million in 2015 on electrical and transmission system enhancement projects in its New Jersey service area.

Spain, Basque: Iberdrola, the Bilbao-based Spanish public electric utility, has opened Pontika substation in the town of Errentia after the substation received a €2.5 million ($2.8 million) capacity and technological upgrade.

USA, Colorado: The Nucla Substation in Montrose County, Colorado, will be upgraded by San Miguel Power Association (SMPA) as part of the West End Reliability Project designed to boost the reliability of the grid in the west end of Montrose County.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded a $24 million Nairobi substation upgrade project by Kenya Power, the national electric utility and the country’s largest power transmission and distribution company.

Canada, British Columbia: The Cheakamus substation in Squamish, British Columbia, has received a $7 million upgrade which boosted its capacity by nearly eight times.

USA, Texas: Hickory Creek substation located in Denton, Texas, is in need of upgrades and expansions which require retiring and removal of the equipment in the existing substation.

Ukraine, Kiev: Kyivenergo has completed the reconstruction of the Obolon substation 110/10 kV, which forms an important part of the energy supply system of the capital.

Argentine, Tucuman: After a $1.5 million investment into substation expansion project, a new transformer substation will be opened today in the province of Tucuman.

Venezuela, Caracas: A flagship project for 2015 in Caracas will be the replacement of the underground power network in the west of the capital, including new power transformers for substations Coche and Propatria.

India, Bareilly: The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has granted INR 30 crore ($ 4.9 million) to upgrade several transformer substations following unscheduled power cuts on a regular basis.

USA, Duncan: A second power transformer has been installed to provide relief for Marlow’s only transformer and prevent dependence on one transformer.

Russia, North Ossetia–Alania: Federal Grid Company has put into operation a new 200 MVA autotransformer at the 330 kV substation Vladikavkaz-2.