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North America

GE Research and Prolec GE to install world's first flexible transformer in Mississippi 

October 20, 2021
Cooperative Energy has teamed up with GE Research and Prolec GE to develop and install the world's first flexible large power transformer at its major substation in Columbia, Mississippi. This substation is part of a service network that serves power to over half a million consumers in Mississippi.

SB Energy inks 2 GWh iron flow battery agreement with ESS Inc 

October 4, 2021
SB Energy, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, has inked a framework agreement with Oregon-based ESS Inc for the deployment of 2 GWh of iron electrolyte flow battery systems to complement solar power projects in Texas and California through 2026.

Siemens Energy to provide STATCOMs to LS Power Grid California 

September 23, 2021
Siemens Energy will provide four static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) for LS Power Grid California, LLC’s (LS Power) substation projects in California.

TDI selects NKT as turnkey supplier for CHPE project, US 

September 22, 2021
Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) has entered into an exclusive preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with NKT for delivery of the power cable system for the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) project in the US.

Latin America

Paraguay awards contract for 500 kV Valenzuela transmission project 

September 13, 2021
The state-run electricity company of Paraguay Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) has awarded contracts for building the 500 kV Valenzuela transmission project.

Hitachi to supply power reactors for 500 kV project in La Guajira, Colombia 

September 6, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has received a contract from Colombian Grupo Energía Bogotá’s (GEB), to supply power reactors for the 500 kV Colectora–Cuestecitas–La Loma Transmission Line and Associated Network Project. As per the contract, Hitachi will be involved in the design, manufacture, transportation, installation, training and delivery of the single-phase, 500 kV line reactors for the project in La Guajira.

Ecuadorian Transelectric awards USD26 million transmission projects 

September 2, 2021
Ecuador's state-owned power company, La Empresa Pública Estratégica Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC EP), through its transmission unit Transelectric, has awarded USD26 million worth of transmission works to various local companies.

Chilean CEN awards USD202 million worth transmission works 

August 16, 2021
Chilean national electricity system coordinator, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN), has awarded USD202 million worth of transmission works under the Expansion Works of Decree No. 171/2020, and Exempt Decrees No. 418/2017, No. 293/2018 and No. 198/2019.

Asia Pacific

Major contracts awarded for Australia’s EnergyConnect project 

October 13, 2021
Two major contracts have been awarded for construction of the South Australian (SA) component of Project EnergyConnect, the new high voltage electricity interconnector with New South Wales (NSW).

Australian Zenith Energy appoints Wärtsilä for 9.2 MW/7.7 MWh ESS 

September 20, 2021
Zenith Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) in Australia, has made a deal with Helsinki-based technology group Wärtsilä to provide an energy storage system (ESS) to the former.

Pakistan’s NTDC awards contract to Siemens under World Bank project 

September 15, 2021
Pakistan’s state-owned transmission utility, National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), has awarded a contract worth USD8.1 million to Siemens Energy under the World Bank-funded National Transmission Modernization Project- I (NTMP-I).

Linxon completes construction of 400 kV AIS substation in Bihar, India 

September 9, 2021
Linxon, a Hitachi ABB Power Grids and SNC-Lavalin company, has completed the construction of the 400 kV air-insulated switchgear (AIS) Chandauti substation for Powergrid Mithilanchal Transmission Limited (PMTL)—a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID).

Europe

Petrofac loads out substation jacket for Scottish offshore wind farm project 

October 21, 2021
The UK-based oil and gas industry services provider, Petrofac Limited, has loaded out the high voltage alternating current (HVAC) offshore substation (OSS) platform jacket and piles for the Seagreen 1 offshore wind project in Scotland.

Siemens Energy and Fluence to install Lithuania's electricity storage systems 

October 18, 2021
Lithuanian state-owned EPSO-G Group’s company Energy Cells has signed a EUR109 million agreement with Siemens Energy and Fluence—the energy storage specialist formed by Siemens AG and AES Corporation, for the installation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) on the Lithuanian transmission grid.

Jan De Nul bags contract from Ørsted for two offshore wind farms 

October 13, 2021
Belgian offshore service provider Jan De Nul Group has received a contract from Danish developer Ørsted Wind Power SA for the 242 MW Gode Wind 3 and 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms, both to be located in the German North Sea.

TEIAS awards contract for Gebze GIS to Anadolu Elektrik 

October 13, 2021
Turkish power transmission system operator (TSO) TEIAS has awarded the contract for construction of the 400/33 kV Gebze gas-insulated substation (GIS) to Turkey-based Anadolu Elektrik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Middle East & Africa

ESCOM awards contracts under MOMA project in Malawi 

October 21, 2021
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has awarded key agreements for the development of a 218-km transmission interconnector and Matambo substation under the Mozambique–Malawi Interconnection Project (MOMA). The interconnector will run from the 400 kV Matambo substation in Mozambique to the 400 kV Phombeya substation in Malawi, and also involves the extension of the two substations.

Contracts awarded for OMVS project in Western Africa 

October 18, 2021
Société de Gestion de Manantali (SOGEM) has awarded contracts for the supply, delivery, installation and testing of 225 kV transformer bays under the World Bank-funded Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) Transmission Expansion Project.

Egyptian EETC awards two cable contracts 

October 12, 2021
Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has awarded cable contracts worth USD17 million to Egytech Cables, and Egypt Cable and Al-Gammal Contracting to power a 22/66 kV gas-insulated substation (GIS) for Zayed's monorail line in Cairo.

CEPCO bags cable project award in Saudi Arabia 

October 9, 2021
Advanced Polyolefins Industry company (APOC), a joint venture (JV) between Advanced Global Investment Company—100 per cent-owned by Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Petrochemical, and South Korea’s SK Gas Petrochemical, has awarded a contract for 230 kV underground cables in Jubail, Saudi Arabia to Civil and Electrical Projects Contracting Company (CEPCO).