#testing

HOS 16000 / 145 transformer for Dunavirág station passes high-voltage tests using custom adapters and Pfisterer Connex cable connectors.

In October, the Končar – Power Transformers and Siemens Energy joint venture finalised testing of a 120 MVA 380 kV transformer engineered for grid stabilisation.

This article discusses strategic approaches for upgrading high voltage test systems, breaking away from conservative industry mindsets, and planning for long lead times.

In an era characterized by energy transition, sustainability, and digitalization, the world is experiencing a profound transformation.

Standards create common rules for all the players: manufacturers, utilities and consumers, therefore, they are of great benefit to the entire sector.

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions Services team used digital X-ray technology to complement the preventive maintenance in Petrobras’ gas-insulated substation (GIS).

A transformer’s capability of withstanding thermal, electrical and mechanical stresses is of primary consideration during long-term operation.

India, New Delhi: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully manufactured and tested India’s highest rating autotransformer.

Finland: Hitachi Energy announced that it has begun testing the world’s most powerful 24 MVA subsea transformer in the port of Vaasa, Finland.

Croatia: Končar – Instrument Transformers has successfully completed a full range of tests on units filled with Nynas’ insulating liquid NYTRO® BIO 300X.

USA: GE Global Research (GEGR) and Cooperative Energy completed commissioning tests for a first-of-its-kind full-scale prototype large power transformer (LPT).

Japan, Tokyo: A Japan Railway-affiliated research institute has laid a 1.5 km superconducting transmission line — the world’s longest practical-use cable.

Pakistan, Lahore: Pakistan on 14 August launched a trial run of its first high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line with the full load of 4,000 MW.

Italy, Milan: Switchgears and control gears are crucial nodal points in modern power systems, and it is vital that they work reliably.

Victor Lozano, Sales & Application Engineer for OMICRON Spain talked to Julian Montero from i-DE, Spanish distribution system operator, part of IBERDROLA Group.

Power Transmission & Distribution, signs a contract for the construction, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 132/11kV substation in the UAE.

Russia: Transneft-Vostok has completed testing of two transformers, designed specifically for the ESPO-1 (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline).

United Kingdom: Centrifugal pump maker SPP Pumps has opened a brand new transformer oil manufacturing and testing facility at its Gloucestershire base in the UK.

India, Chandigarh: The Chandigarh-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Hartek Power has commissioned a 40 MW substation project near Banmore in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.

Russia, Yekaterinburg: Yekaterinburg Electric Grid Company (EESK) has successfully completed the testing of an autotransformer with the automatic fire extinguishing system at the 220/110/10 kV substation Iskra.

India, Gujarat: T&R India Ltd has successfully tested their 315 MVA 400 kV autotransformer for dynamic short circuit test at the KEMA test facility in Netherlands, the company states in the press release.

Russia, Moscow: Power Machines – Toshiba High-Voltage Transformers LLC, a joint venture of Power Machines OJSC and Toshiba Corporation, completed the manufacture and testing of power transformers as part of the Power Machines project on the construction of the second stage of Blagoveshchensk thermal power plant.

France, Cadarache: After several years of research and testing, the first ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) convoy will pass through Étang de Berre today.