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Siemens cuts jobs due to excess capacities in markets for transformers

Jun 19, 2019
Siemens has announced plans to reduce approximately 2,700 jobs worldwide over the course of several years in its Power and Gas business. Around 1,400 of these jobs are in Germany. … read more »
Jun 19, 2019

E.On maps first substation in virtual reality

Jun 10, 2019
E.On has now completely mapped its first high-voltage substation in virtual reality (VR), to be used for the purposes of training. This means that partner companies working in these kinds … read more »
Jun 10, 2019

Efacec to release new switchgear at CIRED

Jun 6, 2019
Portuguese power company Efacec will present a new range of modular medium voltage switchgear for secondary distribution application during the International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED). The CIRED conference takes place … read more »
Jun 6, 2019

Siemens and Chronicle to partner on cybersecurity project

May 23, 2019
Siemens and Chronicle, an Alphabet company, have announced a new partnership to protect the energy industry’s critical infrastructure from increasingly sophisticated and malicious industrial cyber threats at Spotlight on Innovation, … read more »
May 23, 2019

New controlled switching tech from Manitoba Hydro

May 17, 2019
Manitoba Hydro has developed an improved controlled switching technology to help energise large transformers. Residual magnetic fields found in large transformers can make energizing them a tricky business. The resulting … read more »
May 17, 2019

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen acquires two transformer components manufacturers in Italy

May 9, 2019
German company Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) has announced it has increased its 70% stake in CEDASPE, based in Giuliano Milanese (near Milano), to 100% with effect from January 1, 2019. … read more »
May 9, 2019

Growing Chinese transformer exports cause concern in U.S.

May 2, 2019
U.S. security experts have expressed concern over the United States’ growing reliance on Chinese transformers and the potential for future grid destabilisation. In the U.S. energy sector, China’s emergence as … read more »
May 2, 2019

Voltamp completes test of new Ring Main Unit

Mar 27, 2019
Voltamp Transformers has successfully type tested a proto unit of 11kV Ring Main Unit. Voltamp intends to commence commercial production of the Ring Main Unit (RMU) on a modest scale. The … read more »
Mar 27, 2019

EPFL develops medium-frequency transformer prototype

Feb 20, 2019
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a medium-frequency transformer (MFT) prototype, in order to aid in the development of Solid State Transformers (SST). An SST can perform … read more »
Feb 20, 2019

GE’s Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) Systems contracts total $60 million

Feb 13, 2019
GE has won more than $60 million in contracts for it’s Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) Systems. The technology allows utilities to cost-effectively increase the power transfer capabilities of both existing … read more »
Feb 13, 2019

GE Research awarded $5.8 million to develop super-fast DC circuit breaker

Feb 12, 2019
GE Research announced that is has been awarded $5.8 MM in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for a three-year project to develop and demonstrate a … read more »
Feb 12, 2019

Trafo releases low loss cast resin transformers for African market

Feb 7, 2019
Trafo Power Solutions has made available to the African market new low loss cast resin transformers, which they say surpasses the efficiency and reliability of traditional oil-filled transformers. Trafo have … read more »
Feb 7, 2019