Enel launches voluntary layoff programme at Brazil unit

Jan 14, 2019
Italian utility Enel Spa has launched a voluntary layoff programme at the Brazillian power distribution company it acquired last year. Under the new program, employees older than 55 who have … read more »
Jan 14, 2019

LineVision acquires $2 million in funding

Jan 14, 2019
The new transmission technology company LineVision has scored $2 million in funding from lead investor Clean Energy Ventures. LineVision is a new company that claims to enable utilities to improve … read more »
Jan 14, 2019

Electrician dies while working on transformer

Jan 11, 2019
An electrician in the Kazakh city of Kostanay has died while working on a transformer. The incident occurred when three private enterprise electricians came to perform electrical work on a … read more »
Jan 11, 2019

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen appoints Wilfried Breuer to its management board

Jan 9, 2019
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has announced that Wilfried Breuer will join the management board of the company effective 1 April 2019. Breuer (born 1965) is currently still a member of … read more »
Jan 9, 2019

BHEL wins order for West Bengal power plant

Jan 9, 2019
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a contract for the setup of a 660 MW supercritical thermal power plant in West Bengal. The contract for the 660 MW Sagardighi … read more »
Jan 9, 2019

Japan’s TEPCO to build offshore windfarm off Choshi

Jan 8, 2019
The Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., (TEPCO) has begun preliminary work on building an offshore windfarm off the coast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture. The wind farm will reportedly have … read more »
Jan 8, 2019

Virgin Islands to provide transformers to aid Typhoon stricken Mariana Islands

Jan 8, 2019
The Virgin Islands Water And Power Authority (WAPA) has approved the sale of excess power transformers, as well as other equipment, in order to assist in the restoration of power … read more »
Jan 8, 2019

BART to replace ageing substation at San Leandro station

Jan 7, 2019
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has decided to replace the traction-power substation at its San Leandro station on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay. The plan comes … read more »
Jan 7, 2019