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Qatar's Kahramaa signed EPC contracts worth over QR 2.2bn with Voltage Engineering, Best & Betas Consortium, L&T and LS Cable covering a new 400 kV substation, new/upgraded substations, underground cables and OHLs to tie the Dukhan solar plant into the national grid — fresh Qatar EHV transformer, GIS and accessory scope now in execution.
أكبر صفقات الكهرباء في دول الخليج خلال النصف الأول من 2026 — Attaqa's roundup of the region's largest H1 power deals, headlined by Siemens Energy's Taweelah C equipment win (2.6 GW) and Saudi substation/EPC packages — a useful digest of Jan–Jun 2026 awards.
الكهرباء الكويتية تقترب من توقيع عقد بنحو 274 مليون دولار لربط محطة تحويل مجمع الشقايا للطاقة المتجددة بعقدة الشويخ — moving Shagaya renewable output onto the national grid; fresh Kuwait HV transformer-station and cable scope.
EWEC awarded the 2.6 GW Taweelah C gas-fired IPP to TAQA, Aljomaih Energy & Water and Sembcorp; Siemens Energy supplies turbines and main electrical equipment — a major upstream driver of UAE GSU/primary-transformer and substation demand.
MEED Projects: GCC awards fell from 84 (Jan) and 80 (Feb) to just 25 in March 2026; Saudi Q1 awards down 51% y/y to $11bn. Near-term EPC slowdown, but grid/energy-security spend is being protected — expect substation packages to keep moving.
Additional financing agreement signed Jan 2026 to reinforce the GCC interconnection backbone — supports the Iraq link and UAE/Oman expansion works (new 400 kV lines and substation expansions at Ghunan, Al Sila, Salwa).
Abu Dhabi's TAQA with EWEC closed AED 3.6bn financing for the 1 GW Al Dhafra gas plant feeding UAE data centres under the National AI Strategy 2031 — fresh primary-transformer, GIS and accessory demand in Abu Dhabi.
LME copper cash-settlement fell to $13,090.00/t on 8 Jul, down ~$219 (−1.6%) from $13,309 on 7 Jul and breaking the tight $13,300 band, on a firmer dollar and profit-taking; LME stocks drew a further −1,925 t to 310,650 t and Goldman still flags $14,000+ once US tariffs bite. Aluminium settled $3,141.00/t on 8 Jul, a third small uptick (+1.2% vs 6 Jul) but still far below ~$3,400 mid-June — a tactical cost-relief window on copper worth locking before any rebound.
Bahrain's Electricity & Water Authority received cable-works bids (Apr 2026) for the new Sitra Industrial Area 400 kV grid substation — the transmission link for the planned 1.2 GW Sitra IWPP. Siemens Energy holds the BD48.1m ($127m) substation EPC (400 kV + 220 kV GIS, 21 kV switchgear). Fresh Bahrain EHV transformer, GIS and accessory scope now moving.
الشركة السعودية للطاقة (SPPC) وقّعت اتفاقية شراء طاقة بقيمة 11.5 مليار ريال لتوسعة محطة رابغ 2 المستقلة، بإضافة قدرة إنتاجية تبلغ 2,313.5 ميجاواط بتقنية الدورة المركبة مع جاهزية لالتقاط الكربون. The project explicitly includes building a new 380 kV substation (ownership later transferred) — large fresh GSU, primary-transformer, 380 kV substation and accessory scope in KSA's Western region.
شركة الكهرباء السعودية وقّعت اتفاقية تحويل طاقة بقيمة 5.33 مليار ريال لتوسعة محطة رابغ 1 بنظام الدورة المركبة في المنطقة الغربية، بقدرة إنتاجية تصل إلى نحو 1,179 ميجاواط. New ~1,179 MW combined-cycle generation in KSA's Western region — fresh primary-transformer, GSU and substation/accessory scope into the pipeline.
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water & Renewable Energy signed a contract to supply and install 400 kV overhead transmission lines valued at KWD 84.667m (~$275m) — fresh Kuwait EHV line/substation pull, with associated transformer and accessory scope.
عُمان تطرح مناقصة دولية لإنشاء محطة كهرباء بالهيدروجين الأخضر باستطاعة 800–1000 ميجاواط، مع موعد نهائي لتقديم المقترحات الاستشارية 21 يونيو 2026 — مشروع توليد جديد يجلب طلباً على المحولات الرئيسية والمحطات الفرعية. New Omani generation tender that brings primary-transformer and substation scope into the pipeline.
هيئة الربط الكهربائي الخليجي وقّعت اتفاقات بنحو 800 مليون دولار لتوسعة الشبكة مع الإمارات والربط مع عُمان — رفع قدرة الربط مع الإمارات وإضافة محطات ومعوّضات (STATCOM) تدخل الخدمة بحلول نهاية 2027. New 400 kV substation, transformer and reactive-compensation scope across the backbone.
Two bulk-supply-point substations (Afif 1 to Al Gihaz ~$256m, Afif 2 to Al Babtain ~$320m) plus three OHTL packages — integrates NREP renewables into the Saudi grid.
Energy & Infrastructure Co (EICO) signed with TBEA for the full EPC of SEC's Namria 380 kV substation — a $192m localisation-flavoured award (China-tech + Saudi contractor) adding 380 kV transformer, GIS and accessory scope in KSA.
$1.1bn allocated to substations and control centres; ~$14.3bn of power projects out to tender incl. $1.2bn transmission — EWEC/TAQA expanding 400 kV & 132 kV networks.
530 km 400 kV double-circuit line linking Al-Sila (Abu Dhabi) to new Ibri substation, with two new 400 kV substations at Ibri and Al-Baynounah.
Includes a new ~400 kV transformer substation at Wafra, Kuwait, as part of the GCC–Iraq interconnection (≈600 MW to southern Iraq, commissioning Q1 2026).
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority brought 10 new substations online and is rolling out AED 8.5 billion of grid projects — sustained transformer & accessory demand.
Ali & Sons / EAG awarded the TRANSCO Al Bahia substation EPC — 2-year build, marking EAG's entry into UAE power infrastructure.
Saudi Power Transformers to deliver transformers to Aramco within 20 months.
PT&D division: UAE — one 220 kV + three 132 kV substations (incl. Abu Dhabi 220/33 kV grid station); KSA — 380 kV GIS with reactors and 380 kV OHLs. Order band ₹250–500bn ($299m–$598m).
Qatar's 2026 procurement programme spans 198 tenders (~$5.9bn); electricity transmission accounts for QR8.9bn ($2.4bn) incl. new 400/132 kV substations at Al-Wukair and Al-Mashaf plus 400 kV expansion at Ras Laffan, alongside the EPC tender for new 400/132/11, 132/11 and 66/11 kV substations + 400 kV EHV cables (bids closed 14 May). Awards expected through H2 2026 — large Qatar transformer & accessory pull.
84-month EHV/HV supply agreement with Saudi Power Transformers Co; SEC may uplift value 40% to ~$452m — major localisation win for KSA manufacturing.
Al-Ahleia won a $110m contract (Apr 2026) for a 400/132/11 kV substation supporting affordable-housing power infrastructure — fresh Kuwait HV transformer and accessory demand now in execution.
MEW preparing to award a new transformer-substations package — fresh Kuwait HV/MV substation and transformer demand to track into H2.
DEWA moving its ~$150m 13× 132/11 kV substation EPC toward a Q3 award after bid review — primary-transformer and accessory pull into Dubai's grid build.
Re-tendered Dec 2025, bids closed 28 Jan 2026; contract award expected around May–Jun 2026 with completion Q2 2027 — near-term distribution-transformer and accessory demand at Lesaily, Dubai.
India's Department of Expenditure granted a two-year exemption from Public Procurement Order restrictions to four Indian subsidiaries of Chinese electrical-equipment makers — TBEA Energy India, Nanjing Electric India, New Northeast Electric India and Taikai Electric India — letting them bid on Central-government power tenders without PPO registration (effective 24 Jun 2026). The concrete follow-through on the 3 Jul market selloff — a real competitive shift for domestic transformer OEMs and their accessory supply chain.
PM Modi inaugurated the Rajasthan Renewable Energy Zone Phase-III transmission project (606.6 ckm of lines) and laid the foundation stone for Phase-IV (527 ckm of lines + 5,500 MVA of substation capacity to evacuate 5.5 GW of renewables); the two together are valued at over Rs 4,645 cr — fresh EHV transformer, reactor and substation-accessory pull into India's grid build.
Statcon Energiaa will supply indigenous 4 MW IGBT-chopper rectifier blocks (AEG Power Solutions technology) powering L&T Electrolysers' high-pressure alkaline stacks at IOCL's Panipat Refinery green-H₂ project — commissioning Dec 2027, the first concrete step in IOCL's 350 kTPA-by-2030 plan. Fresh rectifier-transformer and power-quality scope, fully Made-in-India.
Transformers & Rectifiers (India) disclosed on 30 Jun 2026 an order exceeding ₹1,000 cr from Power Grid Corp for manufacture and supply of transformers of various ratings plus associated works, executable over 30 months — one of TARIL's largest wins to date; shares jumped 5–6%.
On 3 Jul 2026 listed transformer/heavy-electrical OEMs sold off after reports the government will allow Chinese power-equipment makers with factories in India to bid on government tenders for critical power projects — a significant competitive shift for the Indian transformer market and its supplier chain.
TARIL won an export order worth $16,258,352 from PDC AK LPIV, LLC for manufacture and supply of five transformers, delivery by mid-2027 — Indian OEMs increasingly feeding the supply-constrained US market.
Hitachi Energy India awarded Mehru Electrical & Mechanical Engineers multiple orders for 400 kV instrument transformers totalling ~₹15.70 cr (ex-tax), execution over ~12 months — EHV component supply chains staying busy.
Power Grid Corp emerged successful bidder for the inter-state TBCB scheme building a new 765 kV air-insulated substation at Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), linked to the Vindhyachal Pooling Station (Madhya Pradesh) via a 220 km 765 kV double-circuit line; 24-month completion. PGCIL's fourth ISTS-TBCB win in FY26 — fresh 765 kV EHV transformer, reactor and accessory pull into India's order pipeline.
RK Infra Electricals secured a ₹164.74 cr order to build a 220/66/11 kV substation at Sirivara (Kodimuddanahalli), Karnataka, including two 150 MVA and two 20 MVA power transformers — fresh EHV/HV transformer, bushing, OLTC and insulation scope into India's state-grid pipeline.
Power Grid Corp emerged successful bidder for the inter-state transmission system serving proposed green-hydrogen / green-ammonia projects at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh — scope includes a new 765/400 kV gas-insulated substation, STATCOM and associated 765 kV lines (LoI received 12 Jun 2026). Fresh 765 kV EHV transformer, reactor, GIS and accessory pull into India's order pipeline.
Indo-Tech Transformers (Prolec-GE group) won a ₹91.26 cr order for NTPC projects — adds power-transformer and accessory scope, reinforcing the OEM's growing thermal/renewable-evacuation order book.
CG Power & Industrial Solutions is the lowest bidder (L1) for the power-transformer package on NTPC's 3×800 MW Telangana Super Thermal Power Project Stage-II — a large GSU / power-transformer scope advancing toward award. Adds to CG Power's already full EHV order book.
POWERGRID received the Letter of Intent (16 Jun 2026) for the WR-ER Inter-Regional Network Expansion Scheme Part-A under tariff-based competitive bidding — a new inter-regional corridor that pulls fresh EHV transformer, reactor and substation demand into India's order pipeline.
TRIL secured a ₹228.26 cr Gujarat Energy Transmission Corp (GETCO) order — six power transformers + two reactors, phased execution to Aug 2028 — supporting Gujarat's renewable-integration transmission upgrades. Adds to TRIL's long-term order book.
765 kV & 400 kV class transformers and reactors split between CG Power and Siemens Energy India under POWERGRID's bulk procurement.
17 units of 765/400 kV, 500 MVA single-phase transformers (Package TTR-15/BULK), awarded 23 Dec 2025.
23 units of 160 MVA, 220/66 kV power transformers with NIFPES fire-prevention systems plus optional spares for Punjab State Transmission Corp; aggregate ~₹285.15 cr incl. taxes. Atlanta also cleared PGCIL for 400 kV-class at its Vadod plant and posted FY26 revenue +49% to ₹1,851 cr (now debt-free).
Transformers & Rectifiers (India) secured its first HVDC transformer order — a milestone moving an Indian maker into the highest-value EHV/HVDC class historically dominated by Hitachi Energy, Siemens and GE.
In a directive (letter dated 24 Jan 2026, reiterated mid-June), India's Central Electricity Authority told utilities and gencos to strictly follow standard specifications for all transformers and reactors rated 66 kV and above — a standardisation push that tightens accessory, insulation and bushing spec requirements across new Indian orders.
GE Vernova chosen by POWERGRID to supply 70+ EHV transformers and shunt reactors (765 kV class) for TBCB renewable-evacuation corridors — believed to be one of its largest India electrification intakes; deliveries 2026 through end-2027.
30 units of 500 MVA, 765/400 kV single-phase transformers, to be built at Maneja, Gujarat — supports renewable integration on India's UHV grid.
11/0.433 kV three-phase 10 kVA aluminium-wound DTs with CRGO or amorphous cores for Madhya Gujarat Vij Company (June 2026).
Manufacturing unit approved for POWERGRID projects up to 132 kV (disclosed 15 May 2026).
Board cleared Rs 913.99 crore for procurement of cold spare transformers and reactors — grid-resilience stockpiling that adds bulk transformer demand on top of project awards.
CG Power & Industrial Solutions secured POWERGRID's 765 kV transformer Package 7TR-12-Bulk worth ~Rs 641 crore — another large EHV bulk award keeping India's UHV transformer order books full.
Austrian Power Grid investiert 300 Mio. € in den Ausbau des Umspannwerks Wien Südost, des wichtigsten Netzknotens Ostösterreichs — Teil des ~€9 Mrd. APG-Investitionsprogramms bis 2035 (€680m allein 2026). Frische Großtransformator- und Zubehörnachfrage im österreichischen Übertragungsnetz.
Pendant la canicule du 19–27 juin 2026, une trentaine de coupures localisées ont privé d'électricité ~335 000 foyers; RTE programme dès 2026 le remplacement préventif de transformateurs stratégiques dans le cadre de son plan ~100 Md€ (2025–2040). Heat-stressed fleets are becoming a European replacement-demand driver.
SP Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission confirmed Siemens Energy to deliver the Fife (Scotland) and Norfolk (England) converter stations for the £2.5bn Eastern Green Link 4; construction from 2029, operational 2033 — heavy converter-transformer scope locked in.
Deutsche Marktanalyse: 2026-Lieferslots für Leistungstransformatoren sind faktisch nicht verfügbar, Tier-1-Auftragsbücher voll; global LPT market ~$32.6bn in 2026, capped by production capacity rather than demand — pricing power stays with OEMs and their supply chain.
Framework covers 160 power transformers + 110 compensation coils for Germany (€1.16bn) and Netherlands (€730m). Multi-year, extendable — ongoing call-offs.
German TSO Amprion opens procurement for grid-booster storage projects supporting transmission capacity.
Industry collaboration addressing power transformer reliability and supply pressures across Europe.
French TSO RTE awarded a €1.5bn engineering, procurement, construction, installation & commissioning package — part of France's grid-reinforcement build-out that keeps European HV transformer order books full.
Major contract to connect North Sea wind power to Germany's grid under TenneT's 2 GW programme; works commence from January 2026 — sustained European HV transformer pull.
380 MVA unit (Bad Honnef plant) installed at Hardebek near Hamburg — 18% lower embedded copper emissions; ~9,500 t CO₂ saved across the frame agreement. Bad Honnef expansion completes 2026.
UK HVDC civil-works and equipment frameworks confirmed — locks in converter/transformer supply chain for The Great Grid Upgrade.
Siemens Energy mit Neptun/Smulders baut eine 2-GW-Konverterplattform für 50Hertz in der Nordsee; die Transformatoren kommen aus Nürnberg, die SF6-freie GIS aus Berlin. New 2-GW HVDC link converting offshore wind ~200 km west of Sylt — sustained German HV transformer and GIS pull with domestic value-add.
Hitachi Energy's $457m Virginia plant — billed as the largest power transformer factory in the US — targets AI/data-centre-driven grid demand, part of its >$1bn US grid-manufacturing package; online 2028.
Despite ~$2bn directed toward North American transformer production expansion (new capacity online by 2028), backlogs for transformers and breakers persist as demand keeps outpacing reshored supply — the import window for non-US suppliers stays open.
Actual order data shows 128-week (≈2.5 yr) waits before a unit ships; high-capacity power transformers stretching to 4 years.
Imports cover ~80% of US power transformer supply and 50% of distribution supply — structural domestic production gap.
Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy and others expanding, but new capacity won't relieve the current shortage before 2028.
Utilities and developers competing for import allocations and production slots as domestic order books fill — opportunity window for non-US suppliers with capacity.
More than 50% of US data centers planned for 2026 expected delayed or cancelled for lack of step-down transformers and electrical gear.
La CFE energizó el 5 de julio de 2026 un transformador de 75 MVA en la subestación Central Turbogás Los Cabos (bahía nueva de 115 kV), como salida de una nueva unidad generadora — parte de la ampliación de la Red de Transmisión del Noroeste; beneficia a ~399,648 usuarios. Fresh Mexican transmission-transformer commissioning as CFE rolls out its 58-project 2026–27 transmission portfolio (~2,800 MVA in Bloque 1 alone).
TEİAŞ'ın 4 adet mobil trafo merkezi ve 4 adet OG ünitesi (yedek malzemeler dahil) ihalesini kazanan Astor Enerji, 816,2 milyon TL'lik sözleşmeyi 2 Temmuz 2026'da imzaladı — rapid-deploy mobile substation capacity for Türkiye's transmission grid; Astor's order book keeps swelling ahead of its second Ankara factory.
«Россети» увеличивают инвестпрограмму 2026 года до 857 млрд руб.; на 2026 год запланирован ввод 18 ГВА трансформаторной мощности против 15,2 ГВА в 2025 — sustained Russian demand for power transformers and components across the federal grid.
HD현대일렉트릭, 글로벌 빅테크와 1조212억원 규모 데이터센터 전력 인프라 장기 공급계약 — contract runs 2 Jul 2026 to Jan 2029; ultra-high-voltage transformers ₩567.3bn plus distribution transformers ₩553.9bn. Korean EHV makers locking multi-year capacity directly with hyperscalers — slots for other buyers tighten further.
国网第八批特高压设备招标：电抗器约17亿元由7家企业分食 — 中国能建39.4%居首、经纬正能38.2%、特变电工18%、思源2.8%。China's UHV second-batch 2026 procurement (>CNY 20bn total) keeps rolling into individual equipment awards — domestic UHV order books stay full into 2027.
Na segunda sessão do Leilão 1/2026 (3/7, B3), a Axia Energia venceu os lotes 8 (MS), 9 (SP) e 10 (Cuiabá/MT); os 4 lotes somam R$1,8 bi em investimentos, 61 km de novas linhas e +2.400 MVA de transformação em SP, MS e MT — fresh Brazilian substation-transformer scope on top of the R$3.3bn first tranche.
Terna and STEG awarded Hitachi Energy ~€770m to build the Partanna (Sicily) and Mlaabi (Tunisia) converter stations for the 600 MW, 220 km Elmed interconnector — the first DC link between Europe and North Africa, with heavy converter-transformer scope.
효성중공업, 호주 빅토리아주 송전망 운영사 AusNet과 5년 독점 공급계약 — 초고압 변압기·리액터, 약 3,100억원 규모 — its second big Australian win this year; Korean EHV makers extending beyond the US into Australia's transmission build.
巴西东北部特高压直流输电项目全线开工 (26 Jun 2026) — SGCC's third overseas UHV project after Belo Monte I & II, moving Northeast wind/solar south; major converter-transformer and EHV equipment pipeline in Brazil.
For Iraq's Ministry of Electricity under the JICA-financed Electricity Sector Reconstruction Project.
Iraq's General Company of Electrical Energy Transmission signed a strategic agreement with Siemens Energy for five HV substations — 400 kV units in Baghdad, Diyala, Najaf, Karbala and Basra — strengthening the national transmission backbone.
Large domestic transformer order strengthening the national grid and local industry — localization signal.
Iraq's Ministry of Electricity contracted Linxon for rehabilitation of three critical 400 kV bulk-supply-point stations — rehab scope means transformer overhaul, accessories and insulation demand rather than only new-build.
Cross-border 400 kV interconnection substation works expected to wrap during 2026 (NEPCO).
Supply of electrical equipment and civil works for several 132 kV gas-insulated substations.
ANEEL homologated Leilão 1/2026 (R$3.3bn, 798 km of lines and ~4,350 MVA of transformation across 11 states); Lote 1 signed 3 Jun and lots 2/3/4/5 on 26 Jun — incl. the 230/69 kV Nossa Senhora da Glória II SE with two 150 MVA transformers. Lots 2/4/5 + group-3 sublots signed 26 Jun; second tranche (lots 7–10) set for 3 Jul — continuous EHV equipment pipeline.
Santa Luzia III transformers energised, strengthening the North–Northeast grid in Maranhão and Pará alongside a 500 kV line upgrade.
Hitachi Energy's record-breaking HVDC VSC transformer leaves Sweden for the Gansu–Zhejiang UHV transmission project — global UHV demand keeps top-end capacity booked.