HIT ventures into Transformer Manufacturing

Jan 15, 2019
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has become the first local institution to produce a working transformer certified for field roll-outs by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority. Zimbabwe has struggled … read more »
Jan 15, 2019

KONČAR delivers transformer monitoring system to Iceland

Jan 15, 2019
The KONČAR Electrical Engineering Institute has delivered a transformer monitoring system to the largest utility company in Iceland. The monitoring system is designed to work best with a transformer manufactured … read more »
Jan 15, 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

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

China powers up world’s biggest ultra-high voltage line

Jan 4, 2019
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has started up the world’s longest and most powerful ultra-high voltage (UHV) power line. The 1,100 kV line runs 3,293 km from Changji … read more »
Jan 4, 2019

Laos to complete 12 hydropower dam projects in 2019

Jan 4, 2019
The Lao Government has said it intends to complete 12 hydropower dam projects in 2019. The 12 hydropower dams will have a total capacity of 1,950 MW. According to a … read more »
Jan 4, 2019

Larsen & Toubro win $298 million in orders for transmission, distribution projects

Jan 2, 2019
Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro has said it’s construction arm has won nearly $298 million in contracts for power transmission and distribution projects. “The power transmission and distribution business … read more »
Jan 2, 2019

France to provide $245 million for Nigerian transmission projects

Jan 2, 2019
The French Development Agency (AFD) has approved $245 million to support transmission projects in Northern Nigeria, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The funding will support TCNs Transmission … read more »
Jan 2, 2019

Con Ed: New York ‘transformer explosion’ actually an arc flash

Dec 31, 2018
Con Edison has released a statement debunking reports which claim that the recent electrical disturbance over New York’s skyline was caused by a transformer, and have instead attributed it to … read more »
Dec 31, 2018

Construction of Finish-Russian nuclear reactor pushed back to 2028

Dec 28, 2018
The construction of a proposed Finish-Russian nuclear reactor has been pushed back by four years to 2028 in order to secure the project’s licenses. The project is being undertaken by … read more »
Dec 28, 2018