Xcel Energy completes Roswell grid upgrades
May 3, 2019
Xcel Energy has completed a multi-year project to boost the reliability and capacity of the city’s power grid. The project included a major upgrade to Roswell International Air Center where … read more »
May 3, 2019
El Sewedy Electric signs new transformer station contract
May 3, 2019
Egypt’s El Sewedy Electric Company (ESEC) announced that its subsidiary El Sewedy Electric for Trading and Distribution (ESETD) signed a contract worth around $26 million to set up a transformer … read more »
May 3, 2019
Growing Chinese transformer exports cause concern in U.S.
May 2, 2019
U.S. security experts have expressed concern over the United States’ growing reliance on Chinese transformers and the potential for future grid destabilisation. In the U.S. energy sector, China’s emergence as … read more »
May 2, 2019
China agrees to invest $1.8 billion in Ethiopia’s power grid
May 1, 2019
The State Grid Corporation of China has announced that it is to invest $1.8bn in Ethiopia’s electricity transmission and distribution networks. The deal agreement was made following a visit to … read more »
May 1, 2019
Siemens and Iraqi Government sign roadmap implementation agreement
Apr 30, 2019
Siemens and the Ministry of Electricity of Iraq have signed an implementation agreement to kick off the actual execution of the roadmap. According to a Siemens press release, the agreement … read more »
Apr 30, 2019
ABB transformers made at Bad Honnef facility delivered to Wilster substation
Apr 30, 2019
Northern European transmission system operator TenneT is delivering two ABB transformers to a substation in Wilster in Schleswig Holstein. The two direct-coupling transformers will connect the 380kV portion of TenneT’s … read more »
Apr 30, 2019
Siemens to upgrade India’s oldest HVDC link
Apr 29, 2019
Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), the Central Transmission Utility of India, has chosen Siemens to modernize the country’s first and oldest high voltage direct current (HVDC) link, Vindhyachal. Located … read more »
Apr 29, 2019
ZESA to employ tech solutions to combat transformer theft and vandalism
Apr 26, 2019
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has decided to install sensors and cameras in order to help combat the high levels of transformer theft experienced in the sector. It is … read more »
Apr 26, 2019
‘Transformer mafia’ bust helps Pakistan’s energy sector recover $360 million
Apr 26, 2019
Pakistan’s Power Division Minister Omer Ayub Khan said that over $360 million has been recovered from the power sector throughout the country during the last four months. This was, in … read more »
Apr 26, 2019
TCN begins $170m transmission project
Apr 25, 2019
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that it has begun the execution of the $170 million power transmission project called the ‘Abuja Feeding Scheme’. Under the programme, TCN … read more »
Apr 25, 2019
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