USA, Virginia: Virginia Transformer Corp. (VTC) has closed an alliance deal with Caravels, the new owner of Efacec Power Transformer, claiming it now forms the second largest transformer business by capacity and size in the United States.
USA, Pennsylvania: The transport of two heavy power transformers to the Panda Liberty power plant might require the closing of the bridge in Wysox, Pennsylvania, that carries state Route 187 over the Susquehanna River in Bradford County.
USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy has made an investment of $690 million in the Ohio Edison service area on power transmission and distribution infrastructure, including building new transmission lines, new substations, and installing new power transformers.
USA, Texas: Hickory Creek substation located in Denton, Texas, is in need of upgrades and expansions which require retiring and removal of the equipment in the existing substation.
USA, New Hampshire: Eaton has provided engineering services and power distribution equipment for an electrical equipment replacement at the Amoskeag hydroelectric station, located on the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire.
USA, North Carolina: Synthetic products manufacturer DSM Dyneema has formed a partnership with the Norwegian manufacturer of link chains Load Solutions to develop synthetic link chains made from DSM’s ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE) fibre.
USA, North Carolina: Suwannee River Power Plant located in Live Oak, Florida, was taken offline after one of its six generating units experienced a forced outage.
USA, Colorado: Grey Mountain Partners has acquired a majority stake in Sunbelt Transformer, LTD., investing alongside management.
USA, Indiana: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to start construction of a $16.5 million substation in Muncie this year at a major gateway to Ball State University, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital and the Kenmore residential neighbourhood.
USA, New York: A fire at a Consolidated Edison substation in Thornwood led to the spilling of about 10,220 litres of transformer oil.
USA, Wyoming: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation seeks bids to perform station service equipment replacement at the 36 MW Kortes hydroelectric plant in Wyoming.
USA, Colorado: A malfunctioned transformer caused a power outage at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado yesterday morning.
USA, Hawaii: The entire island of Kauai, Hawaii, started the new year without power due to an automatic shutdown of a large generator at the Kapaia Power Station.
USA, Washington DC: Several US government buildings lost power due to a transformer explosion in a construction accident on Monday.