Contractors reported “extremely long and unpredictable lead times” for transformers, Kenneth Simonson, chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), told Fastmarkets on ...

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 ...

The shortage of distribution system transformers is a relatively new issue and is separate from a longer-standing shortage of large bulk power system transformers. Both, however, are a threat to grid ...

As electronic systems become increasingly compact, energy-efficient, and sophisticated, the demand for dependable magnetic components continues to expand across industrial equipment, renewable energy ...

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 ...

TORONTO, May 31, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The Canadian division of Japanese giant JFE Holdings continues to lead the way in the rapidly growing demand for electrical steel materials and components needed ...

Hitachi Energy has started construction on a major expansion of its South Boston campus in Virginia, US, moving forward with plans to build a new facility for producing large power transformers. This ...

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 ...