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Make informed decisions PTR’s valuable resources and in-depth insights into the electrical equipment & infrastructure sector. Stay informed with our webinars, whitepapers, articles, podcast, and infographics.
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ABB’s Continuous UHVDC dominance In Asia
Jan 16, 2017
Power grid corporation of India has recently awarded ABB an Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) project worth more than 640 million USD. Impression: This transmission link will be India’s second UHVDC project after North-East Agra, a project which was also...
Pakistan’s first HVDC project: Matiari-Lahore
Jan 13, 2017
An agreement is signed between Pakistan's water and power ministry and State Grid of China for the development of a High Voltage transmission link from south to North of Pakistan. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was also signed between National Transmission and...
SPS IPC Drives 2016 – Conference Impression
Nov 28, 2016
Read our post show impressions about the leading industrial fair in Germany.
European Utility Week 2016 – Conference Impression
Nov 24, 2016
Last week, Power Technology Research attended European Utility Week 2016 in Barcelona. The show is one of the leading trade fairs in Europe for Smart Grids and Smart Cities covering themes ranging from Grid optimization and smart metering to Data Management and Grid...
Mitsubishi Electric to Build HVDC Verification Facility
Oct 12, 2016
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it will launch a voltage-sourced converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems verification facility at Transmission and Distribution Systems Center (Japan). Its operation is expected to start in the first half...
Fluor and ABB partnership
Oct 4, 2016
ABB and Fluor have formed a global strategic partnership for the execution of large turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects for electrical substations. Impression: This indicates a significant shift in modus operandi for ABB by not taking on...
ABB to divest cable business to NKT Cables
Sep 21, 2016
NKT Cables acquires ABB’s global high-voltage cable system business with a total enterprise value of 836 million euros (US$934 million). NKT Cables designs, manufactures and supplies power cables for low-, medium- and high-voltage solutions mainly in the Alternating...
CIGRE 2016 – Conference Impression
Sep 6, 2016
Being a newly formed market research company focused on the power sector, Power Technology Research (PTR) had the privilege of attend the CIGRE 2016 conference and exhibition held in Paris every two years. The show is one of the leading technology fairs in the field...
Kenya Power, Toshiba T&D India sign MoU to reduce energy loss
Aug 26, 2016
Kenya Power and Toshiba Transmission and Distribution Systems (India) (TTDI) have signed a pact to begin a pilot project aimed at decreasing distribution losses in the national grid. See our impressions here.









