#contract

Singapore: Keppel Offshore and Marine has secured a $80 M contract from an undisclosed client for the construction of two offshore substations.

The Ugandan government is currently reviewing the terms of the power generation contract it signed with Eskom over 10 years ago.

Alstom secured $81 million contract to deliver power supply and traction electrification works for the 33 km extension of Bangalore Metro in the Karnataka.

VINCI Energies has won the Société d’Electricité du Sénégal (SENELEC) contract to install five new extra high voltage transformer stations, nearly 200 km of overhead and underground EHV transmission lines, and over 100 distribution substations in various parts of the country and a regional load dispatch centre.

State-owned utility Qatar General Water & Electricity Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has awarded Siemens the largest contract to date in Qatar for the expansion of the country’s power transmission network.

UAE: UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) has signed a contract worth $94 million with Mitsubishi Electric for the installation of a number of new 132/33/11 kV substations in the Northern Emirates.

India, Kolkata: Alstom T&D India has been awarded two contracts with a total value of $30 million from Power Grid Corporation for substation projects in Madhya Pradesh.

Ukraine, Zaporyzhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer has won a contract from the national nuclear power plant operator Energoatom for the supply of an auto transformer for one of its plants.

Japan, Tokyo: Japanese company Meidensha Corporation (MEIDEN) has signed a contract with Prime Meiden Limited (PML) and its shareholders to purchase additional shares and acquire a controlling stake in PML, an Indian power transformer manufacturer.

Ukraine, Zaporozhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has concluded a transformer supply contract with the steel company ArcelorMittal Temirtau.

United Kingdom: ABB has won a contract to supply transformers for the 8.25 MW turbines at Dong Energy’s 330 MW Walney 3 East offshore wind farm off Cambria, England.

India: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems India (TTDI) has won a $34 million contract from Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC) for the supply of around 8,000 distribution transformers made at the company’s facility in Hyderabad.

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.

Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) plans to contract Alstom for the supply and installation of five transformer stations at a value of €200 million ($227 million).

Finland, Helsinki: Eltel has won a substation contract for a turnkey delivery of a new 420 kV substation for Statnett, Norwegian state-owned power grid operator, reports Business Wire.

Siemens has announced it won a contract for the supply of eight converter transformers for the Nemo Link project, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system connecting Belgium and Great Britain.Siemens has announced it won a contract for the supply of eight converter transformers for the Nemo Link project, a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system connecting Belgium and Great Britain.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Power Machines has been awarded a contract by Eurosibenergo for the reconstruction of the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station equipment, including engineering design, manufacturing and delivery.

Siemens Traction Transformers has received the first frame contract from Transmashholding (TMH), Russian manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment.

Kenya, Nairobi: The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has awarded a contract to CAMCE China for the construction of a new substation in Nairobi County which will be able to withstand more than 2000 MW of power produced.

Germany: Siemens has signed a ($10 million) €9 million contract to supply the Iraqi market with 1,250 distribution transformers.

Korea: Korea Electric Power Corp. announced that the company will be designing and building a digitized power substation in Bhutan.

United Kingdom: British rolling stock leasing company Eversholt Rail has awarded Vossloh Kiepe, a UK turnkey solutions provider to the rail transport industry a contract to equip 30 four-car class 321 regional EMUs (electric multiple unit) dating from the late 1980s with ac traction motors, new auxiliary systems and new braking systems as part of its Renatus upgrading programme.

The Netherlands, Arnhem: TenneT, the Netherlands national electricity transmission system operator has signed framework agreements for the future supply of power transformers and Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) for the Dutch offshore power grid.

Spanish engineering and construction company Abengoa has been awarded contracts to design and install two power transmission projects in Argentina at a total value of $49M.