#Russia

Residents of the Russian city of Volgograd heard an explosion and saw a fire breaking out at an electric substation.

Drone attacks by the Ukrainian forces have hit two energy infrastructure targets within the Russian Federation.

An electrical substation in the Stanovlyansky municipal district was hit.

The substation powers Russian Railways traction substations, the Stanovaya oil pumping station and ensures transmission between power systems.

In the Russian city of Vladivostok, a fire broke out at two substations after explosions, leaving hundreds of buildings without power.

Dozens of buildings in Moscow have had power and heat cut off due to a fire that broke out at one of the city’s substations.

A fire caused by a transformer explosion broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment.

The Chagino substation was on fire in Lyublino District of Moscow on the night of 23-24 November.

Unknown unmanned aerial vehicles attacked a substation, leaving residents of 67 settlements without electricity.

Russia, Novosibirsk: WRU is proud to announce that it is increasing its footprint in the country by opening another office located in Novosibirsk.

Russia, Moscow:  Sistema PJSFC, announces its affiliate LLC Megapolis Invest has entered into agreements to acquire a 64.37 % share in JSC Elektrozavod.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded the contract to supply its 110 kV F35 gas insulated switchgear for the Arctic LNG 2 project.

A large fire has destroyed a transformer at the RUMO plant substation in Russia.

Russia, Tula Oblast: Tulenergo has completed the first phase of a comprehensive reconstruction of the Central substation in Tula, which feeds power to a large number of industrial and residential customers in this Russian city.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has been awarded with a contract for the manufacture and supply of a three-phase back-up transformer for Boguchanskaya Hydro Power Plant.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Russian transformer manufacturer Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has manufactured, tested and shipped the last of the four autotransformers for RusHydro’s Volzhskaya HPP substation upgrade.

Russia, Samara: A new power transformer has been delivered to Samara Thermal Power Station to replace the old unit which was installed in 1975.

Russia, Lipetsk: Russian utility company Lipetskenergo is investing close to $4 million in the reconstruction of a Lipetsk Railway Substation.

Russia: Transneft-Vostok has completed testing of two transformers, designed specifically for the ESPO-1 (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline).

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.

Russia, St. Petersburg: Russian transformer manufacturer Power Machines – Toshiba. High-voltage transformers (PMTT) has successfully tested the first four autotransformers manufactured for Volzhskaya HPP substations, which are being modernized by RusHydro.

Russia, Far East: Khabarovsk airport substation is undergoing a comprehensive reconstruction, performed by the Khabarovsk Electrical Networks has been upgraded with a third power transformer.

Russia, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg’s utility company, St. Petersburg Network, will put into operation three modular mobile substations in the north-west of St. Petersburg to ensure reliable power supply to consumers in Petrogradsky and Primorskly regions.

Russia, Moscow: An international steel producer, NLMK, which operates facilities in Russia, the USA and the EU, has been certified by ABB as a qualified supplier of transformer steel.