#transport

Collett Transport, in partnership with IQA Elecnor Group, has transported and installed a 148-tonne transformer at Neilston Grid Stability Facility in Scotland.

Each transformer was 9 m long, 5.4 m wide and 5 m in height.

UK, Porthmadog: The ship transporting the transformer will be anchored off Morfa Bychan before unloading the transformer to the beach.

The heaviest unit yet produced by Koncar Power Transformers Ltd., a joint venture of Siemens Energy and Koncar, has reached Abu Dhabi.

Netherlands, Antwerp: After successful load out, topside Hollandse Kust (north) is now in position for sea transport to Egmond aan Zee.

Venezuela, Santa Cruz: A 100 MVA transformer was transported on the night of 16 September to the facilities of the Aragua electrical substation, in Santa Cruz.

China, Shanghai: 14 power transformers have been successfully moved from Shanghai, China to the project site of Helwan Power Station in Egypt.

Russia: FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) has transported three power transformers from Novorossiysk, a port city on the Black Sea, to the installation sites at the Moscow central heating and power plants (CHPP).

Canada, Newfoundland: Four transformers have left Bay Bulls on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada on their way to the hydro facility in Muskrat Falls.

Norway: ALE has successfully delivered and installed the first two transformers for the Nordlink Project in Tonstad, Norway.

USA, Louisana: A large power transformer has been transported from New Orleans to a nuclear power project near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

USA, Pennsylvania: Last week Lower Merion Township commissioners voted to order O’Neill Properties to move two large transformers that have recently been installed on a portion of what was to be a public space at the riverfront project in Bala Cynwyd, a community bordering the city of Philadelphia.

HV-CONNEX Size 7-S is the first dry-pluggable bushing for high voltage levels up to 362 kV.

Dako Worldwide Transport has transported a diesel engine driven power plant from different points of origin in Northern and Southern Europe to La Chorrera, Panama.

Azerbaijan, Baku: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s updated business plan for Azerbaijan will allocate around $1.5 billion in loans and technical assistance grants to help the country diversify its economy and promote sustainable, non-oil growth.

USA, Utah: With the arrival of the second shipment from China, the Rocky Mountain Power Pinto substation outside Monticello, Utah has become home to the largest phase-shifting power transformer in the United States, and the second largest in the world.

Turkey: Ekin transportation service has successfully moved a power transformer through Turkey to a power station in Hakkari, in the south-east of the country.

USA, Missouri: Ameren Transmission is having a 168-ton SPX Transformer moved from downtown Hermann, seat of Gasconade County, Missouri to the Bland Substation north of the Gasconade County R-2 School District’s Highway 19 North campus.

USA, New York: The New York Power Authority (NYPA), U.S. largest state public power organization, has welcomed the arrival of the first of five new autotransformers slated for the Niagara Power Project’s switchyard in Lewiston, New York State.

USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy has transported a 300-ton power transformer from the Ohio Commerce Center on Route 45 to a power substation on Highland Avenue in Lordstown, Ohio.

USA, Michigan: 209-ton power transformer has safely arrived to ITC’s new Morocco substation being constructed on South County Line Highway near Morocco Road in Deerfield Township, Michigan, USA.

Canada, British Columbia: Two new power transformers weighing 85 tons each have arrived in Merritt for BC Hydro’s Merritt substation.