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transformer

[trans-fawr-mer] / trænsˈfɔr mər /




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Investors did get an update on the solid-state transformer project, but seemed to focus on the here and now — the lower-than-expected revenue outlook, which was mostly thanks to softness in SolarEdge’s European business.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Noam Shazeer, the Character.AI co-founder and co-author of the famous 2017 transformer paper that led to the current AI revolution, recently left for OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

Alighting on the corrected transformer pole, she waited for Susan to appear with food.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Thomas Murphy, vice president for Power & Construction Group, an electrical-infrastructure contractor near Rochester, N.Y., said prices for transformers are up about 70% in the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

China already dominates the global market, as Cohen writes, in “wind turbines, high-voltage cables, transformers, solar panels, batteries, software to manage energy flows and more.”

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Prices for some transformers have jumped 90% in recent years, Geisler added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

The high-voltage transformers in the courtyard also were showing their age; Brobeck appraised them as “equipment Marconi would have recognized.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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