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An electricity transformer, the size of a large motorhome, will be delivered by barge and beach to a National Grid substation at Trawsfynydd next month.

UK: ABB has delivered and installed three shunt reactors in the onshore substation of the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm in the UK.

National Grid agreed contracts with 5 parties worth £328 M over a six-year period for services to manage the stability of its electricity system in Britain.

The $22 M (£17 M) facility has been delivering power to homes and businesses in St. Helier since late 2018, and its exterior has recently been completed.

UK: Siemens has launched a new undergraduate sponsorship programme to discover, inspire and nurture the next generation of engineering and tech talent.

Strukton is putting a new substation concept to the test in the Netherlands as part of a pilot project for a programme involving more than 100 upgrades over the next 10 years.

The National HVDC Centre in the UK has tested two devices that monitor and detect faults in DC multi-terminal grids and aims for a public demonstration next year.

The government has announced an inquiry into the power cut on Friday that left people stuck in trains for up to nine hours and almost a million people in England and Wales without electricity.

UK: National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has unveiled plans to spend $9.3 B (£7.4 B) to establish the future electricity transmission system.

UK: Scottish Power said it would invest $1.7 B (£1.4 B) into transmission networks in southern Scotland between 2021 and 2026.

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has contracted ABB to supply transformers for the turbines at the 950 MW Moray East offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

UK: National Grid has given Balfour Beatty a $63 M (£50 M) contract to replace a high-voltage substation at Littlebrook Power Station in Kent.

UK: R V Ahilan has been officially appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the LOC group.

UK: CDC Group, the UK government’s foreign investment arm, has announced it will invest $300 M in power grid development in Africa over the next five years.

UK: The town of Maidstone in Kent gets a power boost as engineers install 42 tonne transformers at electricity substation in $5.7 M (£5.1 M) project.

Siemens has appointed engineering outfit BAM Nutall to tackle the bulk of civil engineering work on the onshore substation for Innogy’s 860 MW Triton Knoll wind farm.

UK, Scotland: A new $36 M (£20 M) project will allow for major upgrades on Kincardine substation in Fife, which plays an important part in transporting power.

London-based engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons has been awarded a $31 M contract by National Grid to design and build a new substation in Barking, East London.

UK, London: Vortex Energy, a European renewable energy completed the divestiture of a 49 % stake in its Pan-European operational wind power portfolio.

Powerstar has announced a new partnership with Thorne & Derrick International to help bolster its smart transformers offering for energy-conscious businesses.

United Kingdom: The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has approved the UK National Grid’s Hinkley-Seabank project, which is a power grid upgrade needed for connecting the 3.2 GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the grid.

After departure of Cyrus Mistry, interim chair Ratan Tata is reviewing site as sources say he is keen to keep UK operations

United Kingdom, London: Tata is preparing to make a decision about the future of the Port Talbot steelworks within four weeks after the Indian conglomerate ousted Cyrus Mistry as its chairman, with the company edging towards keeping its UK operations.

UK, Yorkshire: A UK transformer manufacturer has recently completed a refurbishment of three power transformers for a client in Ireland.

United Kingdom: Danish utility Dong Energy has secured approval from the UK government for the development of the $7.8 billion Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

UK: Chaos erupted at the Dartford Crossing after the tunnel and bridge closed due to 430 tonne transformer transport.

Siemens will supply National Grid UK with a replacement HVDC transformer for the CrossChannel link between the United Kingdom and France.

Belgium, Brussels: As the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union in a national referendum, European Steel Association warns that Brexit might represent another blow to the UK steel industry, its value chains and the wider economy, and have far reaching effects on the European steel sector.

Tata Steel has met with all seven bidders looking to buy its UK assets, reports Money Control.