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USA, Vermont: Vermont State regulators have approved a $3.65 million substation upgrade project to boost the capacity, reliability, and flexibility of Brattleboro’s electrical system.

Austria, Klaus: With FRANEO 800, OMICRON has brought the next generation of SFRA test sets to the market.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB announced that Timo Ihamuotila has been named Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee, effective April 1, 2017.

Sweden, Lapland: Swedish renewable energy plant developer OX2 is building a wind farm in Swedish Lapland – the third largest in Sweden.

USA: The U.S. department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $3.6 billion in loans to fund 82 electric projects across 31 states.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB said the company’s third-quarter orders declined 14 percent due to the hesitation of customers although the cost-saving programs helped improve the Swiss power transformer maker’s profit margin, according to the official press release.

RICKMERS TOKYO, a maritime vessel of the transport specialist Rickmers-Linie, has taken a record single shipment of power transformers, which were loaded in the port of Rijeka, Croatia.

Jordan: Jordanian national electricity company NEPCO has accepted the 10 MVAr STATCOM, supplied by the Spanish static power converter manufacturer Jema, to ensure compliance with the grid code of a 24 MW photovoltaic plant.

USA: An executive order from President Obama on space weather has been announced this month, trying to accelerate the efforts aimed at detecting, analyzing and responding to solar storm threats that could strike the United States.

United Kingdom, Scotland: A massive power transformer is to be transported by road through Scotland’s Perthshire County.

According to GlobalData’s latest report “Distribution Transformers Market, Update 2016 – Market Size, Competitive Landscape, Key Country Analysis and Forecasts to 2020”, extensive power plant capacity additions, economic growth, and the need to improve access to electricity in the emerging economies of Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East are driving grid expansion and the distribution transformers market.

Egypt, Cairo: The government of Egypt has secured a loan from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to part-finance the procurement of materials and associated services for several packages for the 650 MW Cairo West Supercritical Power Station.

Canada, Ontario: The Ontario government has approved the construction of a wind farm on Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, which is internationally designated as an Important Bird Area, and known as the owl capital of North America.

USA, Chicago: According to the new smart grid market report published by Scalar Market Research, the smart grid market is expected to grow from $39.84 billion in 2016 and reach $83.81 billion in 2022, growing at an estimated CAGR of 13.20% during the forecast period.

Ireland: A new power transformer weighing 540 tonne, and a largest ever to arrive in Ireland, has safely completed its journey which started in Italy.

Canada, Ontario: The power plant that heats and cools much of downtown London, a city in Ontario, Canada, while generating power is in for a major expansion.

Australia, New South Wales: An Australian transformer manufacturer Wilson Transformer has been awarded a contract to supply power transformers for the White Rock Wind Farm project near Glen Innes in New South Wales.

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat: A major energy project is being implemented in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat in order to improve the reliability of power supply in the capital city.

USA, Pennsylvania: Construction has begun on a new FirstEnergy Corp. transmission substation near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, to help meet the increased electrical usage of the area’s expanding Marcellus Shale gas industry.

Germany, Schwedt: Two large power transformers have made their way through Schwedt, a town in north-eastern Brandenburg near the Polish border, on their way to the construction site of the new Vierraden substation.

USA, Minnesota: The Prairie Island nuclear plant began its 30th refueling of Unit 1, during which the plant operator plans to spend $50 million on the maintenance and new equipment.

United Kingdom, Scotland: A slow-moving trailer carrying a giant transformer for a substation in Sutherland has completed the last leg of its journey two days ago.

A new report on the global transformers market offers an examination of the power transformer industry supply chain relationship, development trends, key companies profiles and forecast to 2021.

Australia, Perth: About 80 workers will lose their jobs at the ABB’s Malaga factory in Perth, which this time last year celebrated 60 years of transformer manufacturing in Western Australia.