transformer
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I learned my lesson after a heat wave in Davis, Calif.: A power surge from an exploding transformer fried the circuit board of my refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rasuwagadhi’s acting chief executive, Pushkar Amatya, deployed crews and equipment in a last-ditch search for people who might be trapped in the facility’s transformer cavern, but found no one there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company announced last year it was working on a new utility-scale transformer designed to handle data-center electric loads more efficiently.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The heat caused the first major power outage in the country, with around 68,000 homes left without power in the north-western Finistère region on Tuesday evening due to a problem with a transformer, authorities said.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
A geyser of sparks erupts deep within a house—an electrical transformer or hoarded fuel or maybe a delayed-action bomb—and it looks to him as if lightning lashes the town from within.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
So far, the fund has deployed $27 million across nine investments, including Ionate, a U.K. developer of intelligent transformers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The biggest impact is expected in transformers above 100 MVA, where demand has surged alongside data-center growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Every data centre needs switchgear, transformers, cables, cooling systems and grid connectivity, and Indian manufacturers are already in that supply chain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Anything to do with the electricity network – the power lines, the interconnectors and transformers – they all struggle to keep themselves cool enough," explains Iain Staffell at Imperial College London.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Cow paths had been transformed into paved thoroughfares, railroad tracks crisscrossed the valley floor, and electric lines snaked over the ridges and connected up to a vast switchyard hulking with transformers.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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