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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.

Canada, Ontario: A wicked summer storm that swept through parts of southern Ontario Sunday evening left thousands in the dark as the severe weather system brought with it heavy rain, hail and high winds.

Iraq, Bagdad: Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced that Siemens has signed a contract for electricity substation work in Iraq including the supply of electrical equipment and civil works for several 132 kV gas insulated substations, according to Arabian Industry.

Russia, Amur Oblast: Russia’s Federal Grid Company (FGC) is upgrading 220 kV Blagoveshchensk and Belogorsk substations to increase the electricity supply into the distribution grid of the Amur region and the power centre of one of the main Trans-Siberian Railway stations.

Australia, Queensland: Powerlink has completed construction of the Yuleba North Substation in the North West Surat Basin, which will act as the central point for more than 200 kilometres of new high voltage transmission lines, supplying power to six gas processing facilities in Queensland.

USA, Alabama: The city of Athens and Athens Utilities have begun a $12 million electric system expansion project that includes construction of new substations and continued line enhancements.

India, Tamil Nadu: Alstom T&D India has been awarded a contract by Essar Projects India Limited worth close to €11 million to supply transformers package for Neyveli New Thermal Power Project (NNTPP) located in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

India, Tamil Nadu: Indian diversified public sector undertaking (PSU) Andrew Yule & Company (AYCL) is looking to buying a transformer unit in Tamil Nadu, Chairman Kallol Datta said.

Mexico, Monterrey: Prolec-GE has developed a new power transformer which utilizes a synthetic ester liquid instead of traditional mineral oil, aimed at improving fire safety at urban substations.

Mexico, Queretaro: Last month the German power engineering company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) officially opened Reinhausen México S. de R.L. de C.V (RMX) in Querétaro, in north-central Mexico.

USA, Seattle: Three Seattle City Light employees were injured by an explosion at the East Pine Street substation caused by a blown transformer, which knocked out power to nearly 10,000 customers across the Capitol Hill, Madison Park and Madrona neighbourhoods of Seattle Wednesday afternoon.

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Japan, Tokyo: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems (HIES) and Soe Electric & Machinery (SEM) have announced the completion of a formal contract for the establishment of a joint venture company handling power and distribution transformers in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Switzerland, Zurich: The electrical transmission system operator RTE France has awarded ABB a contract worth around $25 million for the supply of transformer products and services for the ongoing offshore wind power projects that will help boost France’s renewable energy supply.

USA, Washington D.C.: On 1 January 2016, new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards for distribution transformers will go into effect, increasing the electrical efficiency of critical equipment that distributes power into homes and businesses.

Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek: The Kyrgyz Parliament has adopted a bill on the ratification of the financing agreement signed with The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in April this year with regard to the project to improve the accountability and reliability of electricity supply in the country.

Vietnam, Nam Dinh: The Vietnam Textile and Garment Group Vinatex has been granted a licence for the construction of the $400 million Rang Dong Industrial Park (IP), a large-scale industrial park dedicated for textile and garment suppliers.

USA, Pennsylvania: Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has recently completed about $2.5 million in electrical upgrades to support the new construction at Reading Health System’s West Reading campus.

Switzerland, Zurich: As EU EcoDesign regulation has taken force, setting minimum energy performance levels for transformers, ABB has launched a web portal providing information related to transformer efficiency in order to help utilities and industries achieve their energy efficiency goals.

Montenegro, Bar: The Montenegrin utility company EPCG has commenced construction of a new 35/10 kV transformer station Popovici in the port city of Bar, whose total cost will come at over $1.6 million (€1.5 million).

USA, North Carolina: Thousands of Duke Energy customers were left without power in Belmont, North Carolina on Monday night due to a transformer failure.

India, Haryana: Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (NVPNL) has commissioned a new 66 kV substation with a 12.5/16 MVA capacity power transformer at Naneola in Ambala district.

United Kingdom, Pudsey: Winder Power, a UK manufacturer of power and distribution transformers, has launched a new range of Ecotran transformers which fully complies with the EU Ecodesign regulation taking effect this month, targeting a reduction in transformer energy losses.

Thailand, Bangkok: Three Japanese companies have secured an order worth over $950 million to equip a railway linking Bangkok with nearby suburbs.