MiDA commits $212m to reform power distribution sector

Jan 16, 2019
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has announced a series of projects and initiatives to modernise the country’s power distribution sector, following a take-over of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) … read more »
Jan 16, 2019

PacifiCorp to build three new substations

Jan 16, 2019
Electric power company PacifiCorp has announced the construction of three new large-scale substations in Wyoming, USA. Two of the new constructions will be high-voltage greenfield substations and a third existing … read more »
Jan 16, 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

Siemens develops eco-friendly mobile substation

Jan 1, 2019
Siemens has developed a mobile substation using natural ester oil at its plant in Wuhan, China. The new mobile substation has been developed as part of Siemens’ grid resilience concept, … read more »
Jan 1, 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

Contract signed for $10 million Gulbahar-Panjsher transmission line, substation project

Dec 28, 2018
A contract has been signed for the construction of a 110kV transmission line in the Gulbahar-Panjshir area of Afghanistan, as well as the construction of a 110/20kV substation. The Office … read more »
Dec 28, 2018

Chinese park to use tourist-friendly substations

Dec 26, 2018
China’s Huangsipu Eco Park has installed eight “smart” substations accessible to tourists in order to help make them seem less “off-limits”. The Huangsipu Eco Park in Zhangjiagang has turned eight … read more »
Dec 26, 2018

GE Power and TransnetBW to build 380 kV substation in Southwest Germany

Dec 19, 2018
GE Power’s Grid Solutions business and the transmission system operator TransnetBW announced that they have signed a contract for a turnkey solution to build a 380 kV substation in Eichstetten, … read more »
Dec 19, 2018

ABB sells power transformer business to Hitachi

Dec 18, 2018
Hitachi, Ltd. has announced that it has decided to acquire the power grids business from ABB Ltd. and has signed an agreement with ABB. Part of the deal is the … read more »
Dec 18, 2018

Harvest Foundation to invest $11m into substation at Henry Co. business park

Dec 14, 2018
The Harvest Foundation has announced its intention to invest $11 million towards the construction of a new substation and transmission line at the Commonwealth Crossing Business Centre (CCBC) in Virginia, … read more »
Dec 14, 2018

Collett & Sons deliver Super Grid Transformer to Willenhall Substation

Dec 12, 2018
UK logistics firm Collett & Sons has completed the delivery of a Super Grid Transformer to Willenhall Substation. The 170 Tonne transformer was secured into a girder bridge trailer for the … read more »
Dec 12, 2018

New 750/330 kV transformer installed at Kyivska substation

Dec 10, 2018
Ukranian national energy company Ukrenergo has installed a second 750/330 kV 999 MVA autotransformer at the Kyivska 750 kV substation, complete with modern monitoring system. The new AT-1 has the … read more »
Dec 10, 2018