Motors and transformers are some of the most reliable pieces of equipment installed at power plants. However, inadequate maintenance can result in trouble. While regular testing and skilled evaluation ...

Smart transformers are designed to help better manage power for cities, and the largest smart transformer in the world ...

In power distribution systems, three-phase transformer configuration directly impacts system reliability and load management.

Transformers and power transmission lines at a power distribution yard August 18, 2003 in Des Plaines, Illinois. Westrafo will build medium, high-voltage transformer plant in Trotwood, Ohio, with ...

To prevent similar situations in the future, Chinese engineers have now developed a 750-megavolt-ampere (MVA) smart DC ...

With an eye out for 2022 hurricanes, electric utilities are finding roadblocks as they try to secure spare grid equipment. As the peak time for U.S. hurricanes arrives, utilities along the nation’s ...

Over the last couple days, we’ve seen some downbeat news about the pipeline of new homes. The number of new home construction projects fell more than 11% in August, according to the Commerce ...

Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. has sold its Tennessee high voltage transformer manufacturing plant to South Korea-based Hyosung Heavy Industries for $46.5 million. Hyosung plans to convert ...

America is currently in the midst of a transformer super cycle. In the short term, a 2020 study by the United States' Department of Energy reported that 70 percent of the country's distribution ...

It is important for machine design engineers to understand how transformers work so they can design machinery that operates optimally within the proper voltage ranges, as well as select the right ...

AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and the shareholders of Megatran Electric Ltd. today announced that they have signed an agreement for AREVA T&D to acquire Megatran, the ...

Workers from Western Area Power Administration de-energize high power lines Sept. 12, 2012 near the California State University-Sacramento so U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors can safely ...