#substations

Madisonville will purchase six electricity substations from Kentucky Utilities.

Ukraine: National power company Ukrenergo plans to reconstruct 18 automatic transformers at 12 substations in 2019.

Azerenerji OJSC carries out reconstruction and repair work at power plants and substations in order to improve the supply of electricity to Baku.

South Africa: Several areas are without power in Randfontein on the West Rand, where Eskom says a transformer caught fire at one of it’s substations.

Argentinian government published a public tender for the construction and operation of a 487 km, HV electricity network, 5 substations, and ancillary 132 kV infrastructure.

UT electricity department of Chandigarh, India, has decided to build and upgrade several substations and make adjustments regarding the transmission line.

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) announced it will develop and standardize 55 substations across the country within the year.

India, Vadodara: The Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) is planning an investment of $1.7 billion to build 400 new substations and add 10,000 circuit kilometres of transmission line by 2021-22.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has partnered with the government of Ghana and funded the construction of two substation projects in Tamale and Sunyani, which are currently underway.

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Switzerland, Zurich: Five substations have been commissioned in India to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid.

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.

USA, Washington: The Port of Quincy in Washington State will be building two electrical power substations in 2017.

Pakistan, Peshawar: Pakistan’s utility company PESCO has upgraded two of its substations with a couple of large power transformers.

USA, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) Electric Utilities completed the Northeast-Pocono Reliability Project, a $350 million investment in new substations and power lines made to boost regional reliability.

132/11 kV substations as part of Deira Islands project

Siemens has been awarded a contract by UAE master developer Nakheel PJSC for the turnkey construction of three electrical substations in Dubai.

Abengoa has been awarded a transmission contract by the Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OTEC) for the construction of two new electric substations and the associated transmission lines in Northeast Oman.

Chile, Santiago: Chile’s transmission company Celeo Redes, a subsidiary of Spanish energy and infrastructure group Elecnor, has been awarded an electricity transmission contract by Chile’s central grid operator CDEC-SIC.

India, Andhra Pradesh: Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) will be embarking upon a major distribution network strengthening project in the urban and rural areas in the next couple of months.

USA, Utah: Lehi Power Director Joel Eves revealed that the company needs two more substations within the year to meet business and residential energy demands in the city of Lehi, Utah.

India, Tamil Nadu: 13 new substations have been proposed to be erected in Krishnagiri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order from SP PowerGrid to supply four 66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations for the city-state of Singapore, the manufacturer states in the press release.

Russia, Krasnodar Krai: South Western Electric Networks, a branch of PJSC Kubanenergo, will reconstruct two substations this year which supply power to the city of Anapa and its suburbs in Krasnodar region, the Black Sea.

USA, Virginia: Dominion Virginia Power, a Virginia-based power company, has announced its plan to invest nearly $9.5 billion to 2020 in order to increase solar and other new generation capacity and to upgrade infrastructure.

Philippines, Nueva Vizcaya: To meet rapidly growing local power demand, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is implementing major power line projects costing close to $22 million in the Cagayan Valley region, including the expansion of existing substations.

Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed a $260.7 million (€238 million) contract with a consortium comprising Siemens and El Sewedy Electric T&D for the construction of six power transformer stations.

Uganda, Wakiso: Uganda’s power utility company Umeme is planning a $100 million investment in the next year to boost its power capacity as more electricity is brought to the national grid.