transformer

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

She alighted on a utility pole that held a transformer.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Venture Global said it has entered into agreements with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes Energy Services to procure equipment for on-site power plants, including turbines and transformers, which have been in high demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Depending on the size of the site, you may also hear the thrum of transformers in substations channelling electricity.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In Vientiane, a power line once used for one household now covers whole apartment blocks with many units, straining old transformers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 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