#substation

Australia: Three Gold Coast substations are to receive $45 M worth of upgrades, with planning for another $8.5 M project also underway.

Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority unveiled its plans to build 5 new 400 kV substations over the next three years, with an allocated budget of $599 M.

Mariakani, the 400/220 kV substation, is set to allow supply of more levels of geothermal power to the coastal economy, according to Kenya Electricity Transmission Company.

Visayan Electric Co. utility has upgraded its substation to meet the growing demand for electricity in the northern part of Metro Cebu.

TenneT is delivering two transformers to a substation in Wilster in Schleswig Holstein, as part of upgrades that will integrate more offshore wind into the grid.

Netherlands: ABB Power Grids has confirmed a deal to build a substation for the 357 MW Zeewolde repowering project in the Netherlands.

South Africa, Johannesburg: South Africa has officially launched the $13 M Heriotdale substation in Johannesburg.

Dubai: Dubai Investments Park (DIP) has signed a $23 M (AED86 M) contract with ABB Industries to commission a new 132/11 kV DEWA substation at DIP.

London-based engineering firm J. Murphy & Sons has been awarded a $31 M contract by National Grid to design and build a new substation in Barking, East London.

South Africa, Durban: An explosion at a 275 kV substation in Klaarwater led to a major power outage in several suburbs last Wednesday.

Delhi’s power minister Satyendra Jain inaugurated 220 KV substation at Pappankalan, a 220 KV substation at Tughalkabad developed by Delhi Transco Limited (DTL).

The new substation in Jarra Soma is a project made possible by The Gambia River Basin Development Organisation and is an answer to Gambia’s electricity problem.

Thousands of residents were left without electricity after the Brakfontein substation in Centurion south of Pretoria caught fire after being struck by lightning.

The gas insulated substation (GIS) has been constructed by Kanohar Electricals Ltd in technical collaboration with Taiwanese giant Chung-Hsin Electric & Machinery Mfg. Corp (CHEM).

Electricity and gas supply company SP Group confirmed that equipment failure at the substation in Carlton Hotel in Singapore led to flashover which caused fire.

Power Transmission & Distribution, signs a contract for the construction, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 132/11kV substation in the UAE.

Con Edison, acquired six new mobile medium-voltage substations from Siemens that can be used for rapid emergency response.

DLPC is seeking regulatory approval for the capital expenditure projects they are planning over the next five years ending in 2022.

Končar, Engineering Co. for Plant Installation & Commissioning Inc. has completed the replacement of the busbar system at the 400/110/30 kV Tumbri substation

Eskom and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a loan agreement worth $102 million to help finance projects aimed at strengthening Eskom’s power transmission grid along the west coast of South Africa.

USA, Florida: Duke Energy has selected a site in Auburndale in Polk County, Florida, to construct a new substation and transmission line routes within the Polk County Reliability Enhancement Project.

GERMANY, Stuttgart: GE Power’s Grid Solutions business and German transmission system operator TransnetBW have signed a contract for a turnkey solution to upgrade the 380 kV Eichstetten substation, which is one of the substations in “Badische Rheinschiene” region, a highly loaded link in the transmission grid of southwest Germany.

KONČAR – Power Plant and Electric Traction Engineering (KET) has signed a contract for the refurbishment of the 110 kV substation Prilep 1 in Macedonia operated by the Macedonian electricity transmission system operator, AD MEPSO.

USA, Oregon: The Columbia River People’s Utility District (CRPUD) Board of Directors has adopted a $40.37 million operating and capital budget for 2019 which highlights the PUD’s commitment to investing in its infrastructure.