#switchgear

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products will invest about $86 million in advanced switchgear production and power electronics

GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business will manufacture, deliver, and commission the world’s first 245 kV SF6-free GIS for RTE in France.

Hitachi Energy has launched a new technology which could help tackle sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions, 80% of which come from the power sector.

Amid growing concerns about its environmental impact, utilities worldwide are seeking to eliminate sulphur hexafluoride gas from their switchgear.

Will these megatrends create a shortage in Medium Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) and Solid Insulated Switchgear (SIS)?

GE Grid Solutions’ secures contract for gas-insulated substations (GIS) to be used at the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Following the European Parliament’s ban on fluorinated gases (F-gases) in switchgear, Fagne and Siemens Energy pledge to supply climate-friendly switchgear.

Belgium, Brussels: The European Parliament is to decide on the revision of the F-Gas Regulation on 1 March 2023.

Germany, Lonsee: GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business energized a new 123 kV, 16.7 Hz switchgear for DB Energie GmbH’s train station. The 60-year-old Amstetten train station…

Mexico, Veracruz: WEG is to develop for Nestlé an EPC project in the “switchgear” and “step-down” substations.

China: Hitachi Energy will supply its WindSTAR™ transformers and HV hybrid switchgear Plug and Switch System (PASS) to China’s Tuci offshore wind power project.

UK: Northern Powergrid has set a goal of decarbonising its network by 2040, with the distribution network operator now trialling new technologies to help it achieve that goal.

USA, South Carolina, Greenville: Integrated Power Services (IPS) announces it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Tampa Armature Works Inc. (TAW).

Sweden, Malmö: The Harju Elekter Group, with 100% ownership of Harju Elekter AB, is continuing its expansion in Sweden.

Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR – Electrical Industry and the Chinese group China XD Electric Co. have signed an agreement for establishing a joint venture for the manufacture of high-voltage equipment.

Kenya Power has commissioned a $128M gas-insulated substation (GIS) in Nairobi, a modernized indoor 220 kV substation that will replace the 50-year-old facility at Juja Road, boosting power transformer capacity by more than 50 percent.

Marocco: In cooperation with Energie Eolienne du Maroc, ABB will be supplying a $16 million hybrid substation for a wind farm developed by Nareva in Morocco.

Market research Globe has added a new report to their offering, titled “Global Emergency Mobile Substation Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2021”.

Germany: Siemens is supplying a VB1 high-current switchgear with vacuum switching technology and the high-current supply unit for production for the world’s most climate-friendly, energy-efficient aluminium smelting plant being built on Norway’s Karmøy peninsula.

United Kingdom: Two proposed solar farms on Green Belt land in Formby are expected to provide power to thousands of homes a year and reduce carbon emissions.

Germany: German inspection company Dekra has opened the region’s first testing laboratory for electrical components in the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area (Jafza) in Dubai, UAE.

USA, Michigan: Siemens has won the contract to supply critical low- and medium-voltage electrical equipment and power transformers for the new Holland Energy Park combined cycle power plant in Michigan, which will replace the aging coal-fired plant.

ReportsnReports has announced a new market research report titled “Global Electric Insulator Market 2016-2020“.

Egypt, Cairo: Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed a $260.7 million (€238 million) contract with a consortium comprising Siemens and El Sewedy Electric T&D for the construction of six power transformer stations.