Japan, Tokyo: Tokyo Electric Power Holdings (Tepco) has been assigned with removing hundreds of thousands of utility power poles across Tokyo, so the visitors of the 2020 Olympics can enjoy uninterrupted views of its famous cherry blossoms and neon-lit streets.
The Philippines, Cebu: The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is installing a new power transformer on the Mactan Island to meet the expected increase in power demand in this tourist destination.
India: Indicating significant growth in the power transmission sector, India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has announced an estimated investment of $38 billion in power transmission by 2022.
India: Transformers and Rectifiers India (T&R India) has been awarded a contract for the supply of 80 natural and synthetic ester-filled power transformers from Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO).
USA, Missouri: The utility company Ameren Missouri has urged for regulatory changes with the Public Service Commission (PSC), saying it could invest $1 billion in needed infrastructure improvements only if the method for setting electricity rates changes.
Switzerland, Zurich: As ABB decides to keep its Power Grid business, within its Next Level strategy revealed on 4 October the company has also announced two new strategic partnerships for the execution of transmission and distribution projects.
USA, Louisana: A large power transformer has been transported from New Orleans to a nuclear power project near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
United Kingdom: The British media have reported that Liberty House has emerged as a frontrunner to acquire Tata Steel’s up for sale businesses in the UK, having tabled substantial cash offers for Tata’s speciality steels and tube pipe businesses.
While Swedish media recently reported on the activist shareholder Cevian wanting to break up ABB’s Power Grids business and sell it in parts to strategic buyers, in today’s (4 October) update of strategic review, ABB leadership has revealed it will continue the transformation of Power Grids under ABB ownership.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo: Bosnian state-owned power transmission system operator Elektroprenos BiH signed a $2.9 million (€2.5 million) deal with a consortium of local companies and the Serbian unit of German engineering group Siemens for the construction of a power 110/20(10)/10 kV transformer within the existing substation.
United Kingdom, Suffolk: A huge 170-tonne transformer has been transported down Suffolk coast on the A12 and delivered to a new electricity substation at Leiston.
China: Shandong Power Equipment Co., Ltd. has won the bidding for the supply of 14 sets of converter transformers and 20 sets of dry-type transformers to the Qingzhou Station of the Jarud-Qingzhou ±800kV UHV DC project.
United Kingdom: Danish utility Dong Energy has secured approval from the UK government for the development of the $7.8 billion Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
United Kingdon, London: Hydrodec has announced that its Australian operation has been awarded a five-year contract for the supply of inhibited transformer and switchgear oil by Essential Energy, a major Australian utility.
USA, Virginia: Danville Utilities will assess its substation transformers later this year after the third River District outage linked to the Bridge Street Substation in Danville, Virginia took place in 18 months.
UK’s government funding scheme for southern Africa of $168 billion over the next five years intends to assist in the South African energy sector’s development.
China: In July, a new 1000 kV/1000 MVA dissembling transportation type auto transformer jointly developed by SPECO and Changzhou TOSHIBA successfully passed the technical evaluation of new products, organized by China Electricity Council, and its technical performance index has reached an international leading level.
Russia, St. Petersburg: Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has received an order to supply equipment for the 500 kV transformer substation under construction in the city of Tobolsk in Tyumen region, as part of the ZapSibNeftehim project, Russia’s largest petrochemical complex.
The Philippines, Manila: Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is seeking regulatory approval for the emergency installation of a power transformer to sustain power supply service to key areas in the capital city.
USA, Maryland: FirstEnergy is continuing work this summer and throughout the remainder of 2016 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects totalling approximately $128 million in Potomac Edison’s service area in western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Market Reports World has made available a new market research report, titled ”Global Grain Oriented Electrical Steel Market Research Report 2021”.
United Kingdom: Two proposed solar farms on Green Belt land in Formby are expected to provide power to thousands of homes a year and reduce carbon emissions.
Tanzania: Tanzania’s TANESCO has revealed the company put aside $205 million to cover the costs of power distribution infrastructure improvements planned for the financial year 2016/17.
USA, Washington D.C.: A fire that broke out around midnight Monday in electrical equipment below the sidewalk at 18th and L streets NW in downtown Washington caused that intersection to be closed during Tuesday’s morning rush hour.