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USDA issues $148 million loan for rural energy upgrades

Apr 11, 2019
The USDA’s Rural Development has awarded a $148.8 million loan to a Hattiesburg-based rural electric partnership to finance system upgrades in 55 counties. The Electric Loan Program financing for Hattiesburg’s … read more »
Apr 11, 2019

NDB to invest $2.3 billion in South Africa in bid to promote renewables

Apr 10, 2019
The New Development Bank (NDB) has signed a series of agreements to help promote renewable energy in South Africa. The agreements were signed with the Development Bank of Southern Africa … read more »
Apr 10, 2019

Kentau Transformer Plant opens bids for magnetic wire

Apr 9, 2019
The Kentau Transformer Plant has released an invitation to bid on the delivery of over 13 tons of magnetic wire for a 63 MVA transformer. The Kazakhstan-based joint-stock company Kentau … read more »
Apr 9, 2019

Dubai Investments Park signs contract for new substation

Apr 9, 2019
Dubai Investments Park (DIP), the wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments PJSC, has signed an $86 million contract with ABB Industries LLC to commission a new 132/11kv DEWA substation at DIP. … read more »
Apr 9, 2019

Wilfried Breuer joins the MR management board

Apr 9, 2019
Effective 1 April 2019, Wilfried Breuer joined the management board of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR). Breuer, born in 1965, was recently a member of the Executive Board of European grid … read more »
Apr 9, 2019

GE Reinforces Commitment to Improve Energy Access in West Africa

Apr 8, 2019
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business announced that it has signed two deals to build energy systems in Benin and upgrade three substations in Cote d’Ivoire.  These agreements align with GE’s … read more »
Apr 8, 2019

NTDC energizes 750 MVA transformer

Apr 8, 2019
Pakistan’s National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has successfully energized a 750 MVA transformer at the Rawat substation. According to a spokesman from the NTDC, the Islamabad Electric Supply … read more »
Apr 8, 2019

Tata signs nuclear plant contract

Apr 5, 2019
TATA Projects Limited has announced that the company has received an order from Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).   This 2X700 MW power plant order valued around $321 million … read more »
Apr 5, 2019

Faulty part delays transformer installation

Apr 5, 2019
The installation of Boulder City’s new backup transformer has been delayed by one year due to a faulty part. A leak in the new transformer was discovered in July, four … read more »
Apr 5, 2019

Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel run out of room for more JV concessions

Apr 4, 2019
Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel have expressed that there is little scope for making more concessions to try to win regulatory approval for a planned joint venture. The firms, which have … read more »
Apr 4, 2019

South African power sector to receive almost $1 billion in loans from New Development Bank

Apr 3, 2019
South African power utility Eskom is set to receive over half of the $790 million in loans granted from the New Development Bank (NDB). Eskom is battling for its survival … read more »
Apr 3, 2019

Bell Bay Aluminium begins installation of 300-tonne transformer

Apr 3, 2019
Bell Bay Aluminium has begun the installations of a new 300-tonne transformer at their site in Tasmania. The 168MVA 220/40/11kV power transformer will convert 220,000 volts received by Bell Bay Aluminium from … read more »
Apr 3, 2019