Transformer

Metlen, the Athens-listed group formerly known as Mytilineos, has met the challenge of transporting the bulky equipment needed to develop its three open-cycle power generation units it is building in the UK, ensuring operations continue smoothly.

Repair crews worked into the night on Friday to repair the damage from a blast at a Public Power Corporation plant in Iraklio on Crete, which had left many parts of the island region without electricity for several hours, including its industrial zone and the city center.

At least 14 people died and 17 were injured in a power grid explosion near the city of Jaipur, the administrative center of the Northwest Indian state of Rajasthan, the Chinese Xinhua agency reported, citing local authorities.

The city of Kavala and its surrounding area in northeastern Greece were without electricity for around two hours late on Sunday night. The power outage was caused by an explosion at a Public Power Corporation transformer shortly before midnight.

A small fire broke out after the blast but it was quickly brought under control. 

General Electric (GE) has made a fresh $20 million investment in its transformer facility in the northwestern district of Gebze in a bid to meet the country's equipment needs for renewable power plants, which have recently been on the rise. 

A Bulgarian company is now engaged in repair works at Komani, Albania's biggest hydro power plant (HPP), local reports suggest.

The BGN 1 M (EUR 0.5 M) has been commissioned by the Albanian utility KESH, the state-owned electric company in the country.