Siemens and ABB test underwater power transformer
May 24, 2019
Siemens and ABB have nearly finished testing on subsea power distribution stations, including an underwater transformer. These stations would allow for the transmission of electricity from above-water generators to underwater … read more »
May 24, 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
Con Ed strengthens emergency response with Siemens mobile substations
Feb 6, 2019
Con Edison has purchased six mobile substations from Siemens to be used for rapid emergency response in the case of storms, for example. The rapid deployment mobile substations will help … read more »
Feb 6, 2019
National Energy Technology Lab working toward improved power grid component tech
Feb 5, 2019
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have begun the development of computer modeling methods and data sheets required to optimize soft magnetic components … read more »
Feb 5, 2019
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