#substations

Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy on 17 August announced an update on the ten largest projects in the country’s energy sector.

Italy, Milan: Switchgears and control gears are crucial nodal points in modern power systems, and it is vital that they work reliably.

The cost to upgrade the Fruitland substation was $3 M, while the Beaglin substation represents a $14.5 M investment in the local energy grid.

Myanmar: With the official launching of three new substations on Saturday, Myanmar’s national electricity grid is now providing 50 percent of the country’s power needs, says Minister of Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing.

US: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision approving the 500 kV transmission line by DCR Transmission LLC that will connect existing substations near Tonopah, Arizona, and Blythe, California.

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UK: Western Power Distribution and 42 Technology have announced the completion of six months of field trials for FuseOhm, a device that monitors performance parameters in electricity substations.

India: Hild Energy has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction contract from the Energy Efficiency Services Limited for the development of 40 MW of solar projects in Maharashtra.

Bangladesh: The Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd. (DPDC) will implement a mega project to build 40 substations in the Bangladeshi capital.

Madisonville will purchase six electricity substations from Kentucky Utilities.

Ukraine: National power company Ukrenergo plans to reconstruct 18 automatic transformers at 12 substations in 2019.

Azerenerji OJSC carries out reconstruction and repair work at power plants and substations in order to improve the supply of electricity to Baku.

South Africa: Several areas are without power in Randfontein on the West Rand, where Eskom says a transformer caught fire at one of it’s substations.

Argentinian government published a public tender for the construction and operation of a 487 km, HV electricity network, 5 substations, and ancillary 132 kV infrastructure.

UT electricity department of Chandigarh, India, has decided to build and upgrade several substations and make adjustments regarding the transmission line.

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) announced it will develop and standardize 55 substations across the country within the year.

India, Vadodara: The Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) is planning an investment of $1.7 billion to build 400 new substations and add 10,000 circuit kilometres of transmission line by 2021-22.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has partnered with the government of Ghana and funded the construction of two substation projects in Tamale and Sunyani, which are currently underway.

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Switzerland, Zurich: Five substations have been commissioned in India to integrate a 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid.

Russia, Volga Federal District: Russian utility company Nizhnovenergo is implementing a large power infrastructure rehabilitation project planned for 2016-2017, which will see 270 transformer substations and distribution points repaired and reconstructed in the Volga Federal District.

USA, Washington: The Port of Quincy in Washington State will be building two electrical power substations in 2017.

Pakistan, Peshawar: Pakistan’s utility company PESCO has upgraded two of its substations with a couple of large power transformers.

USA, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) Electric Utilities completed the Northeast-Pocono Reliability Project, a $350 million investment in new substations and power lines made to boost regional reliability.