#transformers

Slovenia: Kolektor Etra has been granted a deal to supply transformers to the offshore substation for Dong Energy’s 448MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 project in the German North Sea.

USA: A study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests that the percentage of energy from renewable sources could be increased up to 90 percent with a national grid consisting of high voltage DC (HVDC).

UAE, Dubai: On Monday around 7 in the morning a fire broke out in a transformer of the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) located in Al Majaz 2.

Hawaii: Regulators denied Florida’s NextEra Energy US$4.3 billion bid for takeover of the Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO)

Utilities implore gamers: Don’t look for Pikachu at substations

A new report titled “Medium Voltage Transformers Market: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2015-2025” has been made available by Future Market Insights.

A new transformer oil market report titled “Transformer Oil Market by Type (Mineral- Naphthenic and Paraffinic), by Application (Small transformers, Large Transformers, Utility & Others), & Region (Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, ROW) – Global Trends & Forecasts to 2020” has been made available by MarketsandMarkets.

India, Hyderabad: Having held a number of meetings with Russian officials and industrialists this week, India’s Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh made an appeal for investments to one of the Russia’s largest steel companies, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK).

Azerbaijan, Baku: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $750 million loan for the upgrade of the power distribution networks in Azerbaijan, which will benefit over 1.4 million consumers.

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.

India, Hyderabad: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems India (TTDI) has won an UHV transformers order from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL), which will be set up on a turnkey basis.

Germany, Erlangen: Together with local partners in China, Siemens will deliver the world’s first 1,100 kV converter transformers for the world’s largest and first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission link with a transmission voltage of 1,100 kV DC, located in China.

Cameroon: French electricity producer EDF and the World Bank will assist the government of Cameroon in West Africa to fund a $1.2 billion hydroelectric project, which is said to provide power for up to a third of the country’s electricity needs.

Africa, Congo: The African Development Bank has approved an $11 million grant to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support a regional project aimed at extending access to electricity within the country as well as to neighbouring Nile Equatorial Lakes countries in the short term.

Canada, Quebec: Canadian institutional fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), in association with Mexican consortium CKD, plans to invest $1.83 billion in energy infrastructure projects in Mexico.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a $241 million (€218 million) loan to Albania’s state-owned electricity generation company Korporata Elektroenergjitike Shqiptare (KESH) to support its restructuring and reform package.

India, Pune: Markets and Markets has made available a report titled “Pad-mounted Transformer Market by End User (Industrial, Commercial, and Residential), by Phase (Single and Three), by Rated Power (1 MVA), by Insulation Type (Dry-type and Liquid-Immersed) & by Region – Global Forecast to 2020″.

China, Beijing: State Grid Corporation of China has announced it will buy the controlling stake in CPFL Energia S.A., a Brazilian power distributor for $1.8 billion, to further strengthen its position in the Brazil’s electricity sector.

World Bank Group has signed an agreement to help the International Solar Alliance (ISA), consisting of 121 countries led by India, in mobilizing $1 trillion investment by 2030 to boost solar power generation globally.

Argentina: Abengoa has been awarded a transformer station extension project by the Management Committee of Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte de Argentina (FOTAE).

India, Madhya Pradesh: India’s transformer manufacturer BHEL Bhopal has successfully tested a special type split winding 400 kV transformer produced for the client Singareni Collieries Company Limited.

USA, New York: A massive fire caused by a faulty transformer has engulfed a power substation in Hillburn, New York.

Pakistan: Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed 10% customs duty on the import of grain-oriented electrical steel used in the manufacture of transformers and other products.

As part of leadership succession planning, ABB has appointed Tauno Heinola as Managing Director of ABB in Australia, effective 1 October 2016.

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.

Turkey, Istanbul: Turkish electricity supplier Akcez Enerji Yatırımları Sanayi ve Ticaret (AKCEZ) has received a long-term refinancing package worth $325 million to fund the projects aiming to increase efficiency of power distribution in the country.

Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi America, Ltd. announced the establishment of the Energy Solutions Division, which will expand Hitachi’s Energy Solutions Business in the North American market.

USA, California: After a truck hit a power pole on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas, Los Angeles, causing it to fall and a transformer to explode, the transformer ignited the fire that forced at least 5,000 people to evacuate their homes.