Interesting facts Weighing 820 tons in transport, the largest direct current transformer ever manufactured in the world left Sweden for China in the heaviest shipment ever carried out by the Hitachi Energy factory, to equip a line that will transmit renewable energy over more than 2,300 km. Bruno Teles 02/06/2026 at 21:05
Science and Technology Brazil manufactures a 342-ton transformer with direct current technology to transport energy over long distances in Saudi Arabia. An operation that was supposed to last a month was completed in eight days, and shipment is scheduled for June. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/05/2026 at 23:32
Logistics and Transportation A 390-ton transformer traveled 270 kilometers in Sweden during a nighttime operation with special trucks, reinforced bridges, a road lowered by 400 mm, and railway crossings to deliver energy to one of the country’s largest wind power hubs. Carla Teles 19/05/2026 at 23:19
Logistics and Transportation With 300 tons and a journey of more than 800 km, a giant transformer leaves Minas Gerais, crosses roads in a special operation, and arrives in the interior of São Paulo to integrate the hidden structure that carries energy underground in Brazil. Noel Budeguer 18/05/2026 at 20:17
Interesting facts It was necessary to assemble a combo of almost 44 meters with two trailers of approximately 22 meters, 48 axles, and three trucks working at 15 km/h to transport a 209-ton transformer through Klickitat County in a two-night operation that closed highways and crossed two concrete bridges. Valdemar Medeiros 18/05/2026 at 15:08
Interesting facts The World’s Most Powerful Electric Transformer Weighs 800 Tons, Stands Five Stories Tall, and Costs 10 Million Dollars Valdemar Medeiros 16/06/2025 at 09:03
Wind Energy In Special Operation at Only 7 km/h, A Giant 250-Ton Wind Turbine Will Be Transported with Escort from the Federal Highway Police (PRF) Romário Pereira de Carvalho 06/05/2025 at 08:53
Wind Energy PRF Will Escort Giant Wind Energy Transformer In Three Stages On BR-101 Sara Aquino 28/04/2025 at 18:52
Construction WEG, One of the World’s Largest Turbine Manufacturers, Supplies 288 Motors for Cargill’s Pectin Plant in São Paulo, the Company’s First Facility Built Outside Europe Flavia Marinho 18/10/2022 at 13:11
Agribusiness Plant With Capacity to Process 11 Million Tons of Sugarcane Per Harvest Chooses WEG, One of the Largest Turbine Manufacturers in the World, for Supply of Electric Motors and Transformers Flavia Marinho 03/08/2022 at 17:36
Construction Siemens Energy Designs Innovative Transformer In Brazil And Launches It Globally, Featuring High Fire Safety Levels And No Explosion Risk, Targeting The Electric Grid Across The Americas Flavia Marinho 08/07/2022 at 11:41
Renewable Energy Giants Siemens and WEG Deliver Equipment and Neoenergia Reaches Another Milestone to Advance Construction of Solar Plant That Is Generating Jobs and Income in Paraíba Flavia Marinho 24/03/2022 at 12:57