Transformers, Substations + The Grid

South Africa-based Trafo Power Solutions is supplying 13 dry-type transformers for e-houses to strengthen the power infrastructure at a copper-gold project in Pakistan. Commissioned by one of the EPC contractors working on the project, the transformers are designed to meet the site’s harsh, arid conditions.

ABB South Africa will present its advanced electrification technologies designed to strengthen grid resilience across the continent at Enlit Africa 2026. The event is set to take place at the CTICC in Cape Town from 19 to 21 May.

Hitachi Energy has announced a significant expansion of its global manufacturing, R&D and engineering capacity to meet soaring demand for transformers, advanced grid technologies and digital solutions as the world prepares for exponential growth in AI data centres. The company’s multi-year investment programme of over USD 6 billion is among the largest in the power-grid sector and underscores its mission to inspire the next era of sustainable energy.

LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of ACTOM and one of the largest global operations offering a comprehensive suite of on- and off-site electro-mechanical repair and manufacturing services, is completing the manufacture of two 30 MVA transformers for a mining house in Botswana. 

With the cage size in the shaft being one of the defining factors for this project to supply seventeen mini substations to an underground copper mine in Zambia, Trafo Power Solutions designed the mini substations so they can be easily transported to their application positions and they are equipped with effective cooling for optimal performance. The company manufactured the mini substations to order.