
Itaipu Binacional receives WEG transformer with vegetable oil
Itaipu Binacional has received equipment manufactured by WEG for the expansion of the Right Bank Substation, located on the Paraguayan side of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant complex.
Itaipu Binacional has received equipment manufactured by WEG for the expansion of the Right Bank Substation, located on the Paraguayan side of the Itaipu hydroelectric plant complex.
WEG is supplying a series of dry-type transformers totaling over 2 MVA of power for Petrobahia’s electrical infrastructure.
WEG has formed a strategic partnership with Elea Data Centers and will supply transformers which will power Elea’s site in São Paulo.
WEG will provide its package of solutions for the Tocantinzinho Project being developed by Brazauro Recursos Minerais S/A.
WEG has carried out a research project in collaboration with COPEL, UFSM and VEGOOR Tecnologia Aplicada.
The North American transformer market is experiencing rapid growth, driven by the need to modernize the grid with renewable energy sources and more efficient technology.
WEG inaugurated its new manufacturing site in Santo Tirso, Portugal, an important step in its European expansion strategy.
WEG has announced an investment plan of approximately R$543 million ($99.8 million) to increase transformer production capacity in Brazil.
WEG will supply over 10 MVA of transformers, set to be integrated into the electrical grids serving housing developments in the states of Tocantins and Pará.
WEG will invest approximately R$670 million ($122.7 million) in its transformer and electric motor businesses.
WEG has signed agreements to acquire Volt Electric Motor, a Turkish manufacturer of industrial and commercial electric motors.
WEG will provide a large transformer for a wind farm in the northern region of Chile, being developed by an unnamed global player in renewable energy.
The energy supply across Colombia could be made more reliable by the partnership between WEG and CHEC S.A.E.S.P. BIC.
WEG will supply the substation of Votorantim Cimentos North America’s plant in Bowmanville, Canada with its transformers.
The transformers will be used in the substation and will support increased production capacity and play an important role in the company’s electrical infrastructure.
WEG has announced the supply of a mobile substation in the state of Amapá, Brazil.
The installed capacity will increase to 1800 MVA, sufficient to supply approximately 3,240,000 residences.
WEG S.A. has announced that it will invest R$1.2 billion ($244.5 million) over the next three years, to expand transformer production capacity in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.
WEG supplies special transformers for a South African solar farm.
Brazil, Santa Catarina: A mixed transmission line is to connect Biguaçu to Florianópolis Island with a substation provided by WEG.
Four transformers and six shunt reactors with a voltage of 500 kV will be supplied to the northern region of Colombia in the second half of 2022.
Brazil: Klabin, the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging and paper packaging in Brazil, started a new investment cycle with the Puma II Project.
Algeria, Hassi Messaoud: Earlier this year, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, the Algerian Prime Minister, inaugurated the new oil separation and compression centre “Upside North”.
Brazil, Três Barras: In June 2021, WEG completed the supply of the WestRock Paper Mill Expansion Project, in Três Barras, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.