USA, Indiana: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to start construction of a $16.5 million substation in Muncie this year at a major gateway to Ball State University, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital and the Kenmore residential neighbourhood.
Germany, Dresden: HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH has appointed ANICIA as their new distributor in France.
France, Levallois-Perret: Alstom Grid Turkey has successfully delivered the generator transformer designed and manufactured for the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (PE EPS) to be installed at Nikola Tesla Power plant Tent-B.
Norway: Norway’s transmission system operator Statnett has placed an order with ABB for the expansion of three existing 420 kV substations at Ofoten, Bardufoss and Balsfjord.
USA, New York: A fire at a Consolidated Edison substation in Thornwood led to the spilling of about 10,220 litres of transformer oil.
Kyrgyzstan, Jalal-Abad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will finance installation of two power transformers 500 kV at the Toktogul Hydroelectric Station in Kyrgyzstan as part of the financing agreement for the Kyrgyz Energy Sector Rehabilitation Project.
USA, Colorado: A malfunctioned transformer caused a power outage at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado yesterday morning.
New Zealand, Northland: An Enerpac EVO synchronous lifting system has helped weigh a power transformer of 109.5 tons at the Northland Port, New Zealand ensuring its tonnage came under local shipping port weight limits.
UK, Yorkshire: ITM Power, the Sheffield-based energy and clean fuel company, has begun expansion of the manufacturing facilities at its Atlas Way Site in Sheffield.
Russia, Dagestan: Dagenergoset has installed a new transformer of the capacity 6.3 MVA at the Sun substation in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
Zambia, Lusaka: Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) shut down power supply in six towns yesterday to facilitate the installation of a new $4.5 million 125 MVA transformer in Kafue.
Vietnam, Tra Vinh Province: The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC), a subsidiary of the Electricity of Vietnam, has launched the third phase of a project designed project to provide electricity to more than 6,300 households in the southern province of Tra Vinh.
USA, Hawaii: The entire island of Kauai, Hawaii, started the new year without power due to an automatic shutdown of a large generator at the Kapaia Power Station.
UK, London: About 1,200 people had to evacuate one of London’s most popular West End musicals after a small fire in the boiler room of the Queen’s Theatre in the West End.
Russia, Moscow: Moscow United Electric Grid company (MOESK) completed the main phase of the reconstruction of 110 kV Zubovskaya substation located at the heart of the capital.
France, Rhone: The ERDF transformer at Dardilly substation caught fire on New Year’s Eve leaving 14,000 electricity customers without power in Dardilly, Ecully, Champagne, Limones and a few more minicipalities near Lyon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France.
Argentine, Quilmes: Frequent outage problems should soon end for residents of Qilmes, Argentine as 103 new power transformers are scheduled to be built in multiple neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the district.
Russia, Krasnoyarsk: Russian Federal Grid Company has installed a new transformer in the reconstructed 220 kV Levoberezhny substation, which will increase the reliability of electricity supply to the October Railway and Krasnoyarsk region.
Argentine, Buenos Aires: 35,000 customers have been affected by power supply problems in the capital of Argentine as electricity providers try to normalize the service.
Paraguay, Alto Paraná: The National Electricity Administration (ANDE) performed a test energization of a 220/23 kV transformer 41.6 MVA at the field of the future Hernandarias industrial park in Alto Paraná department.
Algeria, Souk Ahras: 45 power transformers will be manufactured and installed in the province of Souk Ahras as part of the 2015 emergency programme developed for the province.
Japan, Tokyo: IHI and Toshiba corporations will conduct demonstration research of a unique turbine system driven by the ocean current, developed under the auspices of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Turkey, Cannakale: The world’s largest arc furnace transformer manufactured by a company in Balıkesir, Turkey for an iron and steel furnace plant in Biga has been delivered after an arduous 2.5-day ride.
Saudi Arabia, Al-Hasa: Saudi Arabia’s National Grid has awarded a $40 million contract to the Spanish engineering and construction firm Isolux Corsan for the construction of two 115 kV substations in Al Hasa.