Australia: Australian power infrastructure company UGL has been awarded a power transmission contract by ElectraNet to supply high-voltage substations and transmission lines that will connect the Prominent Hill Mine to the South Australian electricity grid.
USA, California: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is looking to build a new 70 kV transmission line through Paso Robles, California, along with a new substation.
South Africa, Johannesburg: The City of Johannesburg has invested close to $75 million to make the necessary upgrades to the Sebenza substation and minimise the effects of power outages.
United Kingdom: A British company Amey has been awarded a construction contract to provide power for a part of the construction of HS2, a planned high-speed railway in the UK which will directly link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.
USA, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Power & Light and American Transmission Co. have been granted permission to expand the Baraboo substation at 125 Vine St. as long as they shield the power equipment from public view.
UK, Lincolnshire: A new electricity substation planned to be built near Hatton, Lincolnshire has been approved by the local district council’s planning committee.
Bangladesh: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an assistance package of more than $357 million for a project that will develop two power transmission lines in support of Bangladesh’s national target of electricity for all by 2021.
China, Macau: Power utility CEM is upgrading 100 substations in the Macau’s low-lying areas this year as part of the company’s anti-flood measures.
Liberia: Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has started construction of the Virginia substation outside Monrovia, under the Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project (LAEEP).
Bangladesh: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan for the development of an 800 MW power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh along with the associated power transmission facilities.
Kenya Power has commissioned a $128M gas-insulated substation (GIS) in Nairobi, a modernized indoor 220 kV substation that will replace the 50-year-old facility at Juja Road, boosting power transformer capacity by more than 50 percent.
Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has started construction on the Mark Twain Transmission Project, a 345 kV transmission line and substation being built in northeast Missouri.
Nepal: Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Company, a subsidiary of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the developer of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, has completed construction of over 80 percent of the 220 kV Gongor-Khimti Transmission Line Project, reports Kathmandu Post.
Egypt is working on power connection projects with Cyprus and Greece, which will see the country’s electricity network interconnect with the power grid in Europe.
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) has commissioned and handed over to Ikeja distribution company two injection substations located at Amikanle and Abule Taylor in Lagos.
UAE, Dubai: According to HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), DEWA’s five-year investment strategy is to invest $22 billion over the next five years in the energy infrastructure to meet the energy needs of the Emirate.
USA, Arizona: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and Southline Transmission will jointly develop a 579 km transmission line project that will stretch between southern New Mexico and southern Arizona.
Kenya, Nairobi: After many parts of the country suffered a six-hour blackout at the start of the year due to a technical fault in the central fields of Dandora-Nairobi North, Kenya’s Energy Cabinet Secretary, Charles Keter, revealed the steps to be taken to help prevent such widespread outages in the future.
In January 2018, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) increased the transmission capacity of its grid by 1,400 MW by commissioning new power transformers across the country.
India, Mumbai: Transrail Lighting Limited, an Indian power transmission and distribution company, has won substation and railway electrification orders worth $62 million, which are now in the execution stage.
Ukraine, Kiev: Bank Arcada is set to build a 110 kV substation in the Osokorky area of Kiev by the end of 2018.
Ghana: A new 40 MVA primary substation at Hohoe in the Volta Region in Ghana has been commissioned by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Kenya’s national power distributor, Kenya Power, has launched a network upgrade programme aiming to provide better power supply to industrial consumers.
Ghana: A new 40 MVA primary substation at Hohoe in the Volta Region in Ghana has been commissioned by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).