AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people lost power Thursday night after a transformer at a southwest Austin substation went offline around 8:20 p.m., according to Austin Energy. The utility said Friday ...

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

Keeping the nation's lights on is no small job. The grid we take for granted involves large, expensive equipment, most notably power transformers. If one goes down, it can take more than a year to ...

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 ...

An explosion, a fireball and then darkness: Heathrow Airport uses as much energy as a small city, and when a major fire at a substation caused the power to fail late Thursday, the world learned how ...

According to Research Intelo, the global power transformers market size reached USD 32.7 billion in 2024, driven by robust investments in grid modernization and renewable energy integration worldwide.

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 ...

Growing data center power demands are driving server equipment manufacturers to reach higher power-conversion efficiencies in order to reduce the thermal footprint of their systems. The transition ...

Power transformers are often the main source of common-mode noise in isolated switching power converters. Why? Because inside the transformer, the windings on the primary and secondary sides of the ...