Giant transformer at Wolmirstedter substation to be repaired
The giant transformer at Wolmirstedter substation in Germany has developed a defect and is in need of repair.
It is not known exactly what happened, however, the giant transformer is still attached to the rail-ready wagon and will not be able to immediately continue its journey towards Stendal-West.
“There were technical problems with the conversion from rail to road,” says 50Hertz spokesman Henrik Beuster.
The 315-tonne transformer, which transforms the incoming wind power from 110 kilovolts to 380 kilovolts, is sensitive to shocks. Therefore, the transformer is not simply placed on a wagon but transported virtually free floating between two buggies.
Most of this happens on rails, so a track leads directly to the Wolmirstedter substation. There, transformers are delivered to the site. There is no track to the substation Stendal-West so the transformer came from Nuremberg instead, early Tuesday morning.
The transformer repair is expected to take a few days and the “welcome work” at the local substation has been cancelled.
Source: Volksstimme
Photo (for illustrative purposes): CPOX820, Heavy capacity freight car / Terry Cantrell / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 2.0
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