Transformer fire at Georgia Power plant
USA, Georgia, Cobb County: Smoke billowed into the air outside of a Georgia Power plant after a transformer in the switchyard caught fire late on 6 September.
USA, Georgia, Cobb County: Smoke billowed into the air outside of a Georgia Power plant after a transformer in the switchyard caught fire late on 6 September.
US, Georgia: Georgia Power cites nearly $18 B in recent and future investments to improve grid reliability and resiliency, and comply with federal regulations.
Georgia Power blames transformer failure for multiple underground electrical explosions in Atlanta.
USA, Georgia: A transformer caught fire on the grounds of Plant Bowen in Georgia, nation’s ninth-largest power plant in net generation of electricity.
USA, Georgia: Clean Line Energy and GE Energy Connections have announced their collaboration in the development of America’s largest clean energy infrastructure project, the Plains & Eastern Clean Line, which is the first overhead high voltage direct current (HVDC) project to be developed in the U.S. in more than 20 years.
USA, Georgia: Power transformer provider Hitachi HVB, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced that it has changed its name to Hitachi T&D Solutions, Inc.
USA, Georgia: MIDEL natural ester-based transformer fluid (MIDEL eN) is now manufactured, sold and distributed in the United States.
Armenia, Yerevan: Armenia’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry will soon announce an international tender to select a contractor for building the fourth 400 kV electricity transmission line to Georgia, reports Asbarez.
USA, Georgia: PPI, parent company of Power Partners, has announced that they have signed an agreement for the sale of Power Partners to OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm.
Ukraine, Zaporizhye: Ukrainian transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR) has successfully tested 3 reactors rated 60 MVAr, 500 kV for the new substation Jvari in Georgia.
USA, Georgia: Georgia Transformer, the Rincon-based manufacturing plant formerly known as EFACEC, is planning to add 150 to 200 jobs over three years, starting in the second half of next year, according to the acting general manager, Prabhat Jain.
Georgia, Tbilisi: Georgia’s Ministry of Energy has officially launched the construction of the €13 million Khorga substation in Khobi Municipality, Akhalsopeli village in western Georgia.
USA, Georgia: General Electric’s Power Generation Services will take over 3,000 square metres of the former GE medium transformer plant on Redmond Circle in Rome, Georgia later this month.
USA, Georgia: Georgia Transformer Corp., formerly known as EFACEC, a manufacturer of high-voltage transformers for utility companies is hiring 32 new employees at its manufacturing plant in Rincon.
USA, Georgia: The American subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. has won an order for the supply of five power transformers from the utility Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) in Oklahoma.
Germany, Frankfurt am Main: KfW Development Bank has granted two loans for $ 105.58 million (EUR 85.2 million) to the Armenian High Voltage Electricity Network (HVEN) for a major transmission grid upgrade.