France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom has been awarded a €260 million ($278 million) contract by Transmisión Eléctrica del Norte (TEN), a subsidiary of Chile-based electric company E-CL, to supply four turnkey substations for Chile’s first interconnection system, the Mejillones – Cardones Transmission line.
Tajikistan, Dushanbe: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted €70 million loan to Tajikistan to fund the construction of a 500 kV power transmission project, which will interconnect electricity networks of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
India, Mumbai: Bajaj Electricals, a consumer electrical equipment manufacturing company, has secured three new orders from Odisha Power Transmission Corporation (OPTCL) worth over $13 million.
USA, Ohio: The Illuminating Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is completing construction of a new approximately $3 million substation in Avon to help enhance customer service reliability and meet the future demand for electricity in the area.
USA, Iowa: Alliant Energy crews are still cleaning up after a transformer exploded Thursday afternoon at a substation in North Liberty, Iowa, shutting off power to 4,200 customers in the North Liberty area for several hours.
Russia, Leningrad Oblast: Gatchina Electric Networks, a branch of the Russian electric power distributor Lenenergo, has completed reconstruction works on the 110/35/10 kV Ryabovo substation, located in the urban locality southeast of Saint Petersburg.
Venezuela, Caracas: The National Electricity Corporation CORPOLEC has completed an upgrade of Boyaca Substation in Caracas in order to improve electricity supply in central Caracas.
Russia, Moscow: Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) is reconstructing the power substation Almazovo in Balashikha near Moscow, which supplies electricity to a large part of the city.
Argentina, Buenos Aires: The works on the expansion of Lujan’s transformer station II in the Buenos Aires province have been completed, helping increase the energy power in the city.
Russia, Tatarstan: One of the oldest substations in the Tatarstan capital Kazan, 110 kV Substation South, is undergoing a major reconstruction in order to replace the aged equipment with modern, more reliable and sophisticated electrical equipment.
USA, Pennsylvania: FirstEnergy Corp. has nearly completed construction of a new substation in Elk County, Pennsylvania, that will include voltage-regulating equipment designed to reinforce the electric system and enhance service reliability for West Penn Power and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec) utility customers.
Dominican Republic, La Vega: Edenorte, a Dominican government-owned power distribution company is installing a new power transformer at the Palmarito substation in the city of La Vega.
New Zealand, Southland: Invercargill, New Zealand’s and the world’s southernmost city might soon power up with an upgraded substation as independent commissioner is to consider a planned substation upgrade in its residential area.
Argentina, Catamarca: Catamarca Province Governor and president of the local energy company EC SAPEM oversaw the work on the installation of a 20 MVA transformer at the South transformer station located in the province capital San Fernando del Valle.
USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy is building a $1.2 million substation in Brunswick, Ohio, that will support future growth and reduce outages, the company says.
USA, Alabama: Athens City Council has decided to build a new substation in order to ensure there is enough power for the growing city needs.
France, Corsica: A French electric utility company EDF has inaugurated a new substation at Loretto location in Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica.
Argentine, Tucuman: Tucuman Electrical Energy Distributor EDET has commissioned a new power transformer in its Pozo Cevil substation in Tucuman province.
Russia, Krasnodar: Governor of Kuban region in Southern Russia signed an agreement with the Federal Electric Grid Company UES for the construction of a substation in the eastern industrial zone of Krasnodar, Kuban capital.
Australia, Queensland: About 6,000 Ergon Energy customers suffered power outages yesterday as a result of the earthquake, which struck near the Queensland town of Eidsvold.
USA, Rhode Island: The U.S. National Grid plans to overhaul the power system on the Aquidneck Island investing $93 million in an improvement plan to construct two new substations with five power transformers, and reconfigure two high-voltage transmission lines.
Afghanistan, Samangan: The German government is financing a $13 million power grid project for building two new power grids in the northern Samangan province of Afghanistan.
Canada, Ontario: Greenhouse operators in Leamington, Ontario, need $62 million hydro upgrade approved in order to expand their business.
Canada, British Columbia: Campbell River substation located on the 7th Avenue of this coastal city of Vancouver Island will receive a major upgrade as part of a multi-million dollar project to begin in 2016.
UK, Scotland: Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission will invest £1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) into the new Caithness-Moray electricity transmission link.
Mexico, Baja California: Following the Mexican government investment of $12.5 million into electric power infrastructure in Baja California, the eastern area of Mexicali has received a new substation in Carranza and an expansion of Carranza and Centennial power lines.
USA, Indiana: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to start construction of a $16.5 million substation in Muncie this year at a major gateway to Ball State University, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital and the Kenmore residential neighbourhood.
USA, New York: A fire at a Consolidated Edison substation in Thornwood led to the spilling of about 10,220 litres of transformer oil.