Ad

Large fire shuts down IFA

Sep 17, 2021
A large fire at a converter station has caused the shutdown of the IFA (Interconnexion France-Angleterre), a key power cable that imports electricity from France. The fire broke out at … read more »
Sep 17, 2021

Hitachi ABB to supply step-up transformers for world’s largest solar power plant

Sep 16, 2021
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced that it will supply large generator step-up (GSU) transformers, protection and telecommunication systems for the construction of the Al Dhafra PV2 Solar project in … read more »
Sep 16, 2021

China’s first mobile substation goes into action

Sep 15, 2021
A 110 kV mobile substation (mirror power supply and distribution system) has been put into use at a substation in Chengdu. The mobile substation was deployed at the Xujia Substation … read more »
Sep 15, 2021

SGB-SMIT to collaborate with Zhuzhou Electric on oil-immersed transformers

Sep 14, 2021
The signing ceremony of the wind power oil-immersed transformer cooperation project between SGB-SMIT Group and CRRC ZHUZHOU ELECTRIC JIANGSU CO.,LTD. has taken place in Zhuzhou, China and Regensburg, Germany. Since … read more »
Sep 14, 2021

Westrafo reports record growth due to renewables

Sep 13, 2021
Westrafo has reported a five-fold growth in revenue since 2018, which the company attributes to a focus on renewable energy sources. Westrafo has more than doubled the number of employees … read more »
Sep 13, 2021

China’s transformer exports decreased by 60%

Sep 10, 2021
The value of export for electrical power transformers in China has decreased by 64% for the second quarter 2021 compared to the same quarter in 2020. According to German real-time industrial … read more »
Sep 10, 2021

Dairy Expansion Uses Dry-type Transformers From Trafo

Sep 10, 2021
Trafo Power Solutions has assisted a large diary producer in a recent expansion, supplying five dry-type distribution transformers to its facilities in a coastal region of South Africa. The transformers … read more »
Sep 10, 2021

Tesla Giga Texas: Now active?

Sep 9, 2021
After they closed the roof, no drone could see what’s going on inside the site anymore. According to the German data provider Fygen.com, active factory activity (e.g. number of working … read more »
Sep 9, 2021

GE energizes Africa’s first-ever fully digital high voltage substation

Sep 9, 2021
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has commissioned the first-ever fully digital high voltage substation on the African continent in Thiès, 70 km from Dakar in Senegal. This key 225 … read more »
Sep 9, 2021

Voltamp completes 500MVA transformer

Sep 8, 2021
Voltamp Transformers has succeeded in producing its first 500 MVA/220Kv transformer Voltamp explained that the new transformer has been installed in the Airport Heights’ electric grid in the Governorate of … read more »
Sep 8, 2021

Elsewedy and TTC complete 4 GIS substations in Iraq

Sep 7, 2021
Elsewedy Electric and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) have announced the completion of four gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substations, 400/132/11 kilovolt in Sothern Iraq.   The $546 million contract was signed on … read more »
Sep 7, 2021

Virginia Transformers celebrates 50th year

Sep 6, 2021
Roanoke-based Virginia Transformer Corporation (VTC) has celebrated its 50th year of operations. Virginia Transformers has gone from producing small power transformers to become the largest United States-based power transformer OEM … read more »
Sep 6, 2021