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The 1,000 kv ultra-high voltage power transmission project between Xiongan and Shijiazhuang in China’s Hebei Province went into operation on Tuesday.

The construction of the 500 kV ultra-high voltage submarine cables laid beneath the Zhoushan Strait in east China’s Zhejiang Province was completed on Sunday.

The State Grid Corporation of China has announced the investment of $1.8 B in Ethiopia’s electricity transmission and distribution networks.

China: Work on China Southern Power Grid’s $3.59 B Wudongde DC project is progressing steadily and expected to start operations by 2020, a company official said.

China’s energy company has partnered with a leading French power company to jointly develop an offshore wind power project in Jiangsu province in East China.

Germany: The most powerful high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transformer began its journey from the transformer factory in Nuremberg, Germany, to China.

France, Cadarache: Last week a 14-metre long transformer supplied to ITER, world’s largest tokamak, by a manufacturer in China was moved to its permanent location.

China, Beijing: Electrical High Voltage Equipment Life Management (ELM) International Conference organized by WEIDMANN, part of the Swiss Wicor Holding AG, is to be held in Beijing from November 10-11, 2016 at the Oriental Bay International Hotel.

USA, Texas: A global transport of two reactors has been successfully handled by a U.S. cargo specialist from the manufacturer in Shanghai, China, to the final destination in Gail, Texas.

Belgium, Brussels: On 4 August the EU imposed anti-dumping measures against some China and Russia steel following industry complaints from the European Steel Association.

Greece, Athens: Two European companies and one from China have entered the race for a 24 percent stake in ADMIE, the Greek transmission system operator (TSO) that is up for privatization.

China, Beijing: China’s Ministry of Commerce says it has imposed anti-dumping duties on steel imports from Japan, South Korea and the European Union.

Germany, Erlangen: Together with local partners in China, Siemens will deliver the world’s first 1,100 kV converter transformers for the world’s largest and first high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission link with a transmission voltage of 1,100 kV DC, located in China.

Africa: With over 635 million people without access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for investment in the growth and development of its power sector is huge.

China, Beijing: State Grid Corporation of China has announced it will buy the controlling stake in CPFL Energia S.A., a Brazilian power distributor for $1.8 billion, to further strengthen its position in the Brazil’s electricity sector.

According to vice-president of China Electrical Equipment Industrial Association (CCEIA), China is also moving towards high efficiency transformers, facing the same challenge of balancing performance with cost as that faced by the U.S. and the EU countries.

Belgium, Brussels: China and Serbia signed the agreement over the sale of Serbia’s largest steel producer, Zelezara Smederevo, to Hebei Iron & Steel.

Belgium, Brussels: Representatives from around 30 countries including China, Japan, Germany, India, the U.K. and the U.S. met with World Trade Organization, World Steel Association, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) representatives in Brussels to seek possible solutions to the huge overcapacity that fuels the steel crisis.

China, Baoding: Chinese transformer manufacturer Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electrical Co., Ltd., (BTW) has successfully tested a 200 MVA/330 kV phase-shifting auto transformer, independently developed for a customer in Ghana.

Belgium, Brussels: Some of EU trade ministers who met in Brussels on Monday 29 February to discuss steel trade anti-dumping measures believe the EU needs to tighten up its anti-dumping rules to protect its steel industry from cheaper Chinese imports.

China has warned of the consequences of the EU imposing tariffs on its steel exports, saying the overcapacity in the metal industry is a global problem.

State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s biggest utility, plans to invest $350 billion into expansion of its power transmission network by 2020.

Germany: Siemens has received an order for 14 ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) converter transformers for the Nanjing station of the Shanxi Jinbei-Jiangsu Nanjing transmission project in China.

China, Beijing: China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has today commenced an anti-dumping investigation over a type of iron based alloy imported from the U.S. and Japan.