Siemens is introducing the company's first U.S. offering that allows utilities and generation owners to lease a PRETACT Plug & Play GSU Resilience Transformer when needed for outage or emergency response.

With this on-demand access, asset owners can quickly replace an out-of-service transformer across several voltage ratings and configurations to restore power quickly for customers, the company announced in the press release.

"Traditionally, replacing a conventional power transformer can take several weeks or months, leaving the power supply incredibly vulnerable to outages and interruptions," said Wade Lauer, Vice President of Siemens Transmission Products, in the U.S. "This innovative offering now provides asset owners the opportunity to quickly lease this critical equipment locally for quick installation, resulting in a more secure and reliable power supply."

The GSU Resilience Transformer is easy to load and ship and its plug and play bushings allow for an extremely short installation time. The transformer is also designed with environmentally-friendly synthetic ester fluid so it can be installed near water or sensitive areas.

This rapid response GSU transformer is Sensformer enabled, technology that provides real-time measurements on critical parameters in a transformer like oil level, top oil temperature, low voltage winding current and GPS location. With the help of cloud-based applications, operators can get additional insights on the assets' status and performance on their handheld devices. This real-time asset knowledge helps the operators face challenges of integrating power from various sources like renewables and distributed energy generation, while operating their networks as economically as possible.

Source: Siemens