Industry Information

Update June 19, 2021

GE-Prolec to purchase SPX Transformer Solutions

SPX Corporation has announced that SPX Transformer Solutions is to be sold to GE-Prolec Transformers for $645 million. SPX has entered into a binding agreement to sell 100% of the issued and...

Update June 10, 2021

184-tonne transformer delivered to National Grid substation

A 184-tonne transformer has been delivered to a National Grid substation in Cambridgeshire. An electricity transformer, the size of a bungalow, has been delivered from Ipswich Docks to a National...

Update June 10, 2021

Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Solberg officially inaugurate NordLink by jointly pressing ‘digital button’

German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg have officially commissioned NordLink by jointly pressing a ‘digital button’. The ‘green cable’ will exchange German wind...

Update June 04, 2021

Power transformers testing and commissioning at the site (instructions and precautions)

Commissioning of Power Transformers Since I started the commissioning work 30 years back, transformer commissioning consisted of more tests, but nowadays, the number of tests has been reduced due to...

Update May 19, 2021

The difference between fully enclosed epoxy potting power transformer and traditional power transformer

Fully enclosed epoxy potting transformers, the biggest feature is the relative small size, power density, the degree of protection of the potting is relatively high, and no potting is IP00 level...

Update May 19, 2021

Siemens Energy to shut Olean plant

Siemens Energy has announced plans to shut its plant in Olean, New York by June 2022 The notice states that 421 employees will be affected and separations will begin on July 23, 2021 and continue...

Update May 19, 2021

Kenya Power builds substation in Kilifi

Kenya’s electricity distribution utility, Kenya Power, has added another substation to its growing network. The power utility Kenya Power has launched a 33/11kV substation in Mtondia, Kilifi County...

Update September 14, 2020

500MVA transformer from SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA passes all tests

SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA has successfully completed all tests on a 500MVA 400/132/22kV transformer. This is the second 500MVA 400kV unit manfactured by the company to successfully pass factory acceptance...

Update September 14, 2020

Transformer fire at Georgia Power plant

A transformer fire at a Georgia Power plant has led to explosions throughout a Cobb County neighborhood in Georgia, USA. The fire took place at Georgia Power’s McDonough Atinkson Plant on Sunday...

Update September 14, 2020

Siemens Wind Energy Generation now part of Siemens subsidiary Flender GmbH

Flender will expand its market-leading position in gear units through the addition of electro-technical expertise in generators for the wind industry, while WG will benefit, among other things, from...