USA, Tennessee: Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) has shipped its 50th high-voltage transformer manufactured exclusively in its North American transformer manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee.
USA, Colorado: A Denver-based company, Anschutz Corporation, plans to start building a $3 billion, 725-mile (1,166 km) TransWest Express transmission line in 2020.
Japan, Tokyo: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced today the acquisition of ASTES4 SA, a Switzerland-based company engaged in development, production and sales of sheet metal laser processing machines.
Switzerland: ABB’s 20,000th TrafoStar transformer was delivered to Scottish Power, a subsidiary of Iberdrola and will be installed at an off-shore wind project in East Anglia.
South Africa, Johannesburg: The City of Johannesburg has invested close to $75 million to make the necessary upgrades to the Sebenza substation and minimise the effects of power outages.
United Kingdom: A British company Amey has been awarded a construction contract to provide power for a part of the construction of HS2, a planned high-speed railway in the UK which will directly link London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.
Germany, Munich: The Supervisory Board of Siemens AG has approved the company’s new Vision 2020+ strategy and reassigned responsibilities within Siemens’ Managing Board.
Germany: Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) took full control of what had been the C.a.p.t. joint venture, an Italy-based manufacturer of sliding de-energized tap-changers.
BEST has successfully tested the 450 MVA 400/161 kV autotransformers that will be the largest in the transformer fleet of Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, TEİAŞ. TEİAŞ requires a short-circuit withstand test on each new design before acceptance.
China, Shanghai: 14 power transformers have been successfully moved from Shanghai, China to the project site of Helwan Power Station in Egypt.
USA, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Power & Light and American Transmission Co. have been granted permission to expand the Baraboo substation at 125 Vine St. as long as they shield the power equipment from public view.
UK, Lincolnshire: A new electricity substation planned to be built near Hatton, Lincolnshire has been approved by the local district council’s planning committee.
China Southern Power Grid (CSG), a Chinese state-owned power grid company, has agreed to buy 25.48% stake in the European utility company Encevo for an undisclosed price, reports Compelo.
Italy, Milan: Italian utility Enel SpA has decided to halt further acquisitions in Brazil for the time being as it prepares to complete asset sales of up to $1.8 billion in the second half of the year, reports Reuters.
Benin: Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) revealed the company has added a total of 1,694 distribution transformers to improve power supply in Edo state since the new management took over in 2013, reports Vanguard.
United Kingdom: The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has approved the UK National Grid’s Hinkley-Seabank project, which is a power grid upgrade needed for connecting the 3.2 GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station to the grid.
Mexico: The first live remote monitoring system for Factory Acceptance Tests has been successfully tested and implemented in Siemens Transformers factory in Mexico.
A new market study titled “2018-2023 Global Special Transformers Consumption Market Report” projects that the global special transformers market will register a 5.2% CAGR in terms of revenue over the next five years.
Bangladesh: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an assistance package of more than $357 million for a project that will develop two power transmission lines in support of Bangladesh’s national target of electricity for all by 2021.
Germany: German state-owned bank KfW has agreed to acquire 20% stake in Eurogrid International, the holding company of German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz, on behalf of the German Federal Government.
Nigeria, Abuja: The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has embarked on a large grid expansion and rehabilitation project in order to strengthen the national grid and ensure better electricity transmission across the country.
According to a new analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), major U.S. utilities are spending $51 billion annually on improving their electricity distribution systems, which is an increase of 54% over the past two decades when investments amounted to $31 billion.
China, Macau: Power utility CEM is upgrading 100 substations in the Macau’s low-lying areas this year as part of the company’s anti-flood measures.
Liberia: Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has started construction of the Virginia substation outside Monrovia, under the Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project (LAEEP).
