#construction

North Macedonia, Ohrid: The works on the construction of a new 400/110 kV substation Ohrid have officially commenced.

Namibia, Dordabis: Works have commenced on the construction of Auas-Gerus transmission line project in Namibia.

Ecuador, Quito: Through the Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC EP), the country has begun the execution of four new transmission systems.

USA, New York, Albany: Construction has started on the Empire State Line, a $180 M power transmission line upgrade project in the USA.

USA, New York, Albany: Construction has begun on a $854 M project to upgrade energy transmission along a 149 km (93 mi) 345 kV line.

Chile, Bío-Bío, Los Ángeles: Abengoa is awarded the construction of a substation and the sectioning of three 220 kV double-circuit lines in Chile.

Atlantique Offshore Energy has begun construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm electrical substation with its partners GE Grid Solutions and SDI.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has viewed the construction of 330 / 220 / 110 kV Gobu substation with a capacity of 1000 MVA.

The government of the Arab Republic of Egypt is set to begin the construction of 2 transformer substations of 220 / 66 / 22 kV at Madinaty.

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.

Power Transmission & Distribution, signs a contract for the construction, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 132/11kV substation in the UAE.

Liberia: Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has started construction of the Virginia substation outside Monrovia, under the Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project (LAEEP).

Canada, Ontario: The Ontario government has approved the construction of a wind farm on Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, which is internationally designated as an Important Bird Area, and known as the owl capital of North America.

USA, Pennsylvania: Construction has begun on a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission substation near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, to help meet the increased electrical usage of the area’s expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.

USA, Texas: The General Electric Co. unit has provided the construction financing for 163 MW Falvez Astra wind project, which will enable the construction of the wind power plant in the Texas Panhandle.

The Philippines, Manila: National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) received approval for the construction of the $91 million 230 kV Navotas substation project in Manila.

USA: Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, has begun construction of a new 34.5 kV power line as part of the $5 million project which will link an existing substation near Baker, West Virginia, to a new substation that will be built in Mathias, West Virginia, in 2017.

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.

Russia: A new electrical substation has been commissioned and put into operation at the site of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant under construction.

Germany: wpd has begun construction of offshore wind farm in Nordergründe in German North Sea, laying first monopile deep foundation at the 111MW project.

After 16 months of construction work, the transformer substation for the offshore wind farm Sandbank is on its way to the construction site 90 kilometres west of Sylt in the German North Sea.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has awarded a $98 million contract to the Chinese company TBEA Contractor Ltd. for the construction of Bole-Lemi and Kilinto industry zone power transmission project in Addis Ababa.

Russia, Samara: Samara distribution networks is starting the construction of a new 110 kV substation, which will be the main feeding centre for the city sports facilities and the 2018 World Cup, including the new Samara Arena soccer stadium.

Mumbai, India: Indian engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced its regional subsidiary has won a turnkey order to construct reactor transformers for a customer in Oman.