GE Vernova to acquire Prolec GE for $5.3B as AI drives power demand

GE Vernova will spend $5.3 billion to fully acquire power transformer-maker Prolec GE as artificial intelligence continues to ...
T&D

Transformer Fluids: One Key to Resilient Electricity Infrastructure

‘Resilience’ is a concept that’s enjoying something of a renaissance. To us Brits, it conjures images of the stiff upper lip and ‘keep calm and carry on,' but all around the world resilience is coming ...
The Hill

Electricity transformer funding: a wonky but necessary solution to a critical resilience problem

In early December, 45,000 residents in North Carolina went without power after unknown saboteurs fired on critical electric transformers. Due to our current transformer shortage, it will take days to ...
BBC

The transformer – CCEA

step-down transformers decrease the voltage. The transformer in the diagram above is a step-down transformer – there are fewer turns on the secondary coil than on the primary coil. Type of transformer ...
SFGate

Electrical transformers just can't take the heat / Smaller devices used on usually cool coast particularly hard hit

Electrical transformers can take only so much punishment. The devices, which change the voltage running through a power line, have been blowing out from San Jose to Los Angeles in this month's high ...
POWER Magazine

The Transformer Crisis: An Industry on the Brink

Facing unprecedented lead times and skyrocketing costs, the transformer supply chain crisis threatens the backbone of the electric power industry, driving urgent calls for increased manufacturing ...
POWER Magazine

Transformer Safety: Fire Barriers as Essential Protection for Electrical Infrastructure

Flammable insulating fluids and electrical faults pose significant fire and explosion risks to transformers. These hazards can result in catastrophic damage, disrupt business continuity, and cause ...