Plant performance measurement often stops at the point where power enters the plant switchyard. Yet minor transformer failures can have devastating impact on plant performance and system reliability.

AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution Div. (T&D) in India has announced the signing of a 19 million euros (Rs. 1,250 MINR) order with Up Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. for what is expected to be the ...

A transformer failure and fire at the Nalcor Energy Churchill Falls switchyard resulted in an oil spill Thursday night, says the provincial Crown corporation. Oil inside the transformer, which holds ...

The assessment team then performs a detailed inspection of switchyard components such as the generator busses, cable galleries and bus ducts, oil circuit breakers, disconnects, current and potential ...

Page 10 of your October 2003 issue included a quote by a representative of Doble Engineering stating General Electric is out of the large power transformer business (“Switchyard Transformers ...

A main bank transformer fire has put a halt to power ascension testing at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear plant. The incident occurred at about 9:10 p.m., on August ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority today is trying to determine the cause of a fire in the switchyard of its Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant that started around 9:11 p.m. Tuesday night and took TVA fire ...

The Shire of Harvey has backed a proposal for an electrical switchyard to export renewable power from the upcoming $150 million solar farm in Benger. The development comprises of a 22 kV switch room, ...

Digitization and automation have been focus areas for the Indian power grid over the last decade. During this period, the Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), the central transmission utility ...