China, Hong Kong: A global investment manager L.R. Capital is investing $80 million (RMB 500 million) in the pre-IPO financing of Xinte Energy, a subsidiary of Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited (TBEA).
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded contracts worth around $30 million from the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the national Swiss rail operator, and the private Matterhorn Gotthard Railway to supply three new traction substations in the Swiss Alps.
Saudi Arabia, Yanbu: Saudi Arabian Marafiq Power and Water Utility Company has contracted Doble Engineering Company to provide consulting and training services to support reliability best practices within its transmission and distribution division.
United Kingdom: Schneider Electric Solar Business connected more than 300 MW to the U.K. national grid in end of March, on top of the 200 MW already in operation.
Transformers Magazine learns that Alstom Grid has appointed Mr. Ufuk Kivrak as new Vice President Strategic Sourcing (CPO).
European Union: European Transformer manufacturers have been expressing concerns over announced imposition of anti-dumping duties against imports of grain oriented electrical steel (GOES) into the EU, believing this would be disastrous for the entire EU transformer industry.
UAE, Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced it will present its transformer oil test laboratory at the WETEX 2015 exhibition.
Portugal, Lisbon: Africa’s wealthiest woman Isabel dos Santos is to acquire a majority stake in Portugal’s Efacec Power Solutions, according to the Portuguese financial newspaper Diário Económico.
China, Beijing: Chinese authorities have announced termination of anti-dumping and countervailing duty tariffs on grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) exports from the U.S.
Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Electricity Ministry has signed a deal for the construction of a new transformer station worth nearly $28 million in the Suez Canal region.
Austria, Sulz: BAUR GmbH, an Austrian electrical equipment testing and measurement company has launched a new device for partial discharge measurement and location – PD-TaD60.
Hungary, Budapest: Hungarian transmission system operator Mavir has announced it has bought a $2 million (€1.8 million) transformer from Switzerlandʼs ABB.
Paraguay, Assuncion: ANDE, the Paraguayan major electricity company, is investing $12 million in the installation of a new substation with a capacity of 90 MVA to improve the infrastructure of electricity supply to the capital corporate and commercial areas Flyers Chaco and Santa Teresa.
Pakistan, Lahore: Pakistani National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has installed a 250 MVA power transformer at 220 kV grid station Bund Road Lahore and started electricity supply to 132 kV grid stations of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO).
Argentina, Catamarca: Catamarca Province Governor and president of the local energy company EC SAPEM oversaw the work on the installation of a 20 MVA transformer at the South transformer station located in the province capital San Fernando del Valle.
India, Karnataka: Alstom T&D India has secured a $9 million (INR 569 million) order from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to provide a 220/11 kV, 25/31.5 MVA substation for its Challakere unit in Chitradurga, Karnataka.
China, Baoding: Chinese power transformer manufacturer Baoding Tianwei Group Co. said it is uncertain it can pay bond interest due next week after China’s onshore debt market this month had its second default ever.
USA, Connecticut: Innovative Research and Products Inc. (iRAP) has published a new report on global transformers market “Power and Distribution Transformers – Technologies, Materials, Applications, New Developments, Industry Structure and Global Markets”.
Germany, Hannover: Alstom will present two first high-voltage applications using g3 (green gas for grid), a gas mixture that can replace SF6 for high voltage air-insulated or gas-insulated switchgear, at the 2015 Hanover Messe.
Ireland, Dublin: Developer Mainstream Renewable Power has placed a first order for Siemens’ new offshore transmission module (OTM) for its 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe development off Scotland.
Germany, Hannover: Schneider Electric will showcase several innovations for MV distribution at Hannover Messe 2015, including the new regulated transformer Minera SGrid, according to Voltimum.
Malaysia, Selangor: Indkom Engineering, a Malaysian manufacturer of power distribution equipment and one of the largest suppliers of the national utility company Tenaga Nasional, is looking to expand its business on the international front, with China, Yemen, Jordan, Brunei, Singapore and Saudi Arabia on its radar for new business opportunities.
Kenya, Nairobi: At least one student has died and more than 100 have been injured in a stampede at a Kenyan university after they mistook a power transformer blast for an attack, officials say.
Colombia, Bogota: Empresa de Energia de Bogota (EEB) is connecting the town of Cienaga in Magdalena department to the 110 kV Rio Cordoba substation as part of the expansion of the regional transmission system.