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India, Ahmedabad: Transformers & Rectifiers (India) Ltd [TRIL] has received an order for transformers from a state utility.

San Francisco has offered to buy $2.5 B worth of electrical equipment from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a crucial step in an evolving plan to take control of power distribution from the bankrupt utility in favor of a city-controlled municipal power company.

Visayan Electric Co. utility has upgraded its substation to meet the growing demand for electricity in the northern part of Metro Cebu.

China Southern Power Grid (CSG), a Chinese state-owned power grid company, has agreed to buy 25.48% stake in the European utility company Encevo for an undisclosed price, reports Compelo.

Germany: German electric utility company E.ON has completed the sale of its 46.65% stake in the energy company Uniper to Fortum for €3.8 billion ($4.4 billion).

Russia, Lipetsk: Russian utility company Lipetskenergo is investing close to $4 million in the reconstruction of a Lipetsk Railway Substation.

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Russia, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg’s utility company, St. Petersburg Network, will put into operation three modular mobile substations in the north-west of St. Petersburg to ensure reliable power supply to consumers in Petrogradsky and Primorskly regions.

USA, Colorado: The utility company Xcel Energy is working on a $30 million project at Greeley, Colorado, upgrading the substations and distribution system with an aim to almost triple the area’s transmission capacity.

USA, New Jersey: New Jersey local utility PSE&G is planning to upgrade an electrical facility in a heavily industrial area of Newark.

Kenya: Kenya’s state-owned power utility, Kenya Power, will install 20 new transformers in the North Coast by the end of June in an effort to stabilise electricity supply in the area and address frequent outages.

Russia, Khabarovsk: The Khabarovsk branch of a Russian utility company DRSC is entering the final stages of the reconstruction of the 110 kV substation which feeds the Khabarovsk airport boundary.

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

Spain, Madrid: Spanish largest electric utility company Endesa has completed a €7.6 million ($8.6 million) improvement project aimed at ensuring reliable operation of its power plants in the Canary and Balearic Islands in the event of a failure of the main transformers.

Ireland, Dublin: At least 14,000 homes in West Dublin suffered power cuts on Sunday evening as a result of a transformer fire in a 220 kV ESB substation in Inchicore.

India, New Delhi: India’s state-run utility company Power Grid Corporation will spend $6 billion to procure distribution equipment from domestic vendors on behalf of states, required for implementation of the rural electrification and network strengthening programmes.

Ukraine: Ukrainian energy utility Ukrenergo has signed a contract with the national transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) for the purchase of 22 units of power transformers and shunt reactors.

India, Jaipur: Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons has won an order worth $4 million from the Rajasthan state utility.

Nepal, Kathmandu: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the state-owned power utility, may soon import up to 220 MW of additional electricity from India.

State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s biggest utility, plans to invest $350 billion into expansion of its power transmission network by 2020.

Canada: Siemens Transformers Canada (STCA) recently received an order for the delivery of 1,200 pole-mounted transformers from Saskpower, a public utility serving the province of Saskatchewan in Canada.

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South Africa, Johannesburg: City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, is planning to spend more than $35 million over the next three years on…

New Zealand, Waikato: A New Zeland’s utility company Powerco has invested USD 1.2 million in an upgrade of its substation at Waharoa, Waikato, which included adding a 17 MVA transformer capable of powering 8,500 households.

USA, New Jersey: Ballistic Fire Barrier, a provider of transformer separations, substation protection and ballistic fire barriers has completed an installation of an innovative transformer ballistic fire barrier at the substation of a major U.S. utility.

USA, New Hampshire: Eversource Energy plans to bury overhead utility lines on Hanover and High streets in Portsmouth and replace a transformer that powers a large part of the downtown.

Transformers Magazine started operating the leading website within the industry on the 15 January 2014 with the aim to promote the latest transformer related technology news and trends in the business, people and products sectors.