Transformer Shortage Crisis: Can New Engineering Solve It? - IEEE Spectrum
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A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
Energy Magazine Feature Climate Tech Climate Change February 2025 This Essential Element of the Power Grid Is in Critically Short Supply A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects Andrew Moseman 11 Dec 2024 10 min read At a solar facility in Georgia, Silicon Ranch stores substation transformers it expects to deploy in the region in one to two years. Silicon Ranch Blue To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch , a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match t
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