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Ukraine, Zaporyzhye: Energoatom, a Ukrainian state enterprise operating all four nuclear power stations in Ukraine, has purchased a $73 million transformer from the Ukraininan transformer manufacturer Zaporozhtransformator (ZTR).
Germany: wpd has begun construction of offshore wind farm in Nordergründe in German North Sea, laying first monopile deep foundation at the 111MW project.
Australia, Victoria: The biggest single component of the Ararat wind farm, the USD 300 million (AUD 400 million) project in south-west Victoria, arrived to Australia from Shanghai and was travelling through Elmhurst last week on its way to the site.
Romania, Bucharest: Romanian power transformer manufacturer Electroputere Craiova is expecting to reach a turnover higher by almost a third compared to 2015, reports Romania Insider.
United Kingdom: ABB has won a contract to supply transformers for the 8.25 MW turbines at Dong Energy’s 330 MW Walney 3 East offshore wind farm off Cambria, England.
India: According to Live Mint, Indian transformer manufacturer Marsons is in advanced stages of negotiations with a Bangladesh-based transformer manufacturer to create a joint venture company and open a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh.
Egypt, Cairo: Egypt will add 14,400 MW to its national electricity grid by May 2018, after completion of three combined-cycle natural gas projects to be implemented in Borolos, the New Administrative Capital, and Beni Suef, which will be modelled on the Fortuna power plant in the German city of Dusseldorf.
After 16 months of construction work, the transformer substation for the offshore wind farm Sandbank is on its way to the construction site 90 kilometres west of Sylt in the German North Sea.
Angola, Luanda: Cambambe Hydroelectric Dam (AHC) will be the site of Angola’s largest power substation, expected to be built upon completion of the construction of the second power plant.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank Group, has granted $375 million in financing to an Iraq-based power company Mass Global Energy Sulimaniya to fund the development of power projects and energy infrastructure in Iraq.
GlobalData has made available their latest market analysis report on the global power transformers titled “Power Transformers Market, Update 2015 – Global Market Size, Equipment Market Share and Key Country Analysis to 2020″.
Siemens is providing Con Edison, the utility that powers New York City and local areas, with six mobile resilience transformers to help replace units within days rather than weeks in times of extreme weather like hurricanes or other major substation events.
United Kingdom, London: Liberty House plans to submit a formal bid to buy Tata Steel’s UK assets, including the Port Talbot works employing about 4,000 people.
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has awarded a $98 million contract to the Chinese company TBEA Contractor Ltd. for the construction of Bole-Lemi and Kilinto industry zone power transmission project in Addis Ababa.
United Kingdom, London: A new market research report titled ”Pad-mounted Transformer Market by End User, by Phase, by Rated Power, by Insulation Type & by Region – Global Forecast to 2020” is available.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB and Cavotec have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer shore-to-ship power solutions to global ports markets, boosting “green ports”.
Croatia, Zagreb: Croatian transformer manufacturer KONČAR presented a green high-voltage transformer at an industrial technology fair held in Hannover, Germany last week.
Switzerland, Geneva: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) came to standstill after a small weasel gnawed through a 66 kV transformer inside an electrical facility outside the main building, causing a wide power outage around CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and shutting down the 27-km long particle smasher on Friday morning.
Spain, Madrid: Spanish largest electric utility company Endesa has completed a €7.6 million ($8.6 million) improvement project aimed at ensuring reliable operation of its power plants in the Canary and Balearic Islands in the event of a failure of the main transformers.
USA, New Mexico: Under an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a design-build substation contract at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to Gardner Zemke Mechanical and Electrical Contractors of Albuquerque.
USA, Florida: GE has announced opening of its new capacitor and instrument transformer advanced manufacturing facility in Clearwater, Florida following the investment of
$60 million.
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