#Canada

Canada, Saskatchewan: An improperly installed transformer caused a damaging power surge to 27 Saskatoon homes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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.

Canada, British Columbia: Huge flames and thick black smoke towered into the air in Richmond on Tuesday morning after a BC Hydro power station caught fire probably due to transformer failure.

Canada, Ontario: A major refurbishment has been successfully completed on an old transformer station owned by Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) Hydro.

Canada, British Columbia: The Winsor Substation in Elko, British Columbia will receive its first substantial upgrade since it was initially built in 1970, as part of BC Hydro’s 10-year investment plan for the upgrade of the province’s distribution and transmission system.

Canada, British Columbia: Canadian North Shore in British Columbia has been hit by a series of substation explosions which left thousands of B.C. Hydro customers without power.

Canada, British Columbia: BC Hydro announced plans to build a new substation to meet a growing demand for electricity in the city of Kamloops, British Columbia.

India, New Delhi: Crompton Greaves (CG) is selling its power systems business in Canada to PTI Holdings Corporation for USD 15 million (CAD 20 million).

Canada, Montreal: ABB has named Nathalie Pilon as the new managing director for ABB in Canada, effective October 1, 2015.

Canada, Saskatchewan: SaskPower, the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan province in Canada, is planning to invest more than CAD 1 billion (over USD 800 million) a year for the foreseeable future in order to renew and grow the province’s power grid, according to company’s website.

Canada, Manitoba: Manitoba Hydro, the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba, Canada has awarded a USD 24 million (CAD 31.4 million) engineering, procurement and construction contract to a consortium led by GE’s Digital Energy to build a new, 66 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS) in downtown Winnipeg.

Canada, British Columbia: Two new power transformers weighing 85 tons each have arrived in Merritt for BC Hydro’s Merritt substation.

Canada, Ontario: GRID20/20, Inc., a distribution transformer monitoring (DTM) intra-grid sensor provider, has formally announced its release of OptaNODE™ HESS, an organically developed, multi-purpose software platform.

Canada, Ontario: Torus Power, a subsidiary of Plitron Manufacturing and maker of isolation-transformer-based power components, has appointed Karma AV as its new distributor in the United Kingdom.

Canada, Quebec: After a failure of a transformer at Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) mining plant in Saguenay, Quebec, over 20,000 litres of transformer insulating oil was spilled, reported regional authorities.

Canada, Ontario: Hammond Power Solutions Inc. (HPS), a manufacturer of dry-type and cast resin transformers, announced that it has completed the formation of a new company, Corefficient S. de R.L. de C.V. (Corefficient), a joint venture with National Material LP (NMLP).

Canada, Toronto: Hydro One has started work on the replacement of two power transformers at the Cobden Transformer Station.

Canada, British Columbia: The Como Lake substation in Coquitlam has been energised after receiving a $16 million (CAD 20 million) upgrade which began 20 months ago.

Canada, Toronto: Toronto Hydro crews have been addressing a number of power outages across the city which have affected about 25,000 customers from Etobicoke to North York and Scarborough neighbourhoods.

Canada, Toronto: After transformer equipment failed in -17 °C temperatures on Friday morning, power has been restored to most of the 8,000 customers who were cut off in Toronto downtown area.

Canada, British Columbia: The Cheakamus substation in Squamish, British Columbia, has received a $7 million upgrade which boosted its capacity by nearly eight times.

Canada, Toronto: A new transformer station is being built below Bremner Boulevard in downtown Toronto to add capacity and boost power supply in the city centre.

Canada, New Brunswick: A 110-ton power transformer headed to Mactaquac Dam in New Brinswick, started its journey in Millville on Saturday, causing traffic delays and road closures.

Canada, Ontario: Greenhouse operators in Leamington, Ontario, need $62 million hydro upgrade approved in order to expand their business.