SOUTH AFRICA - SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA's power transformer with the key data 500 MVA, 400/132/22 kV successfully passed the customer acceptance test at the Pretoria plant.
This transformer is destined for a renewable energy project in the Cape Province, the first project in South Africa to be built under local management under the Renewable Energy Programme.
Following the successful test, the client, South Africa's largest utility, placed a further order for the supply of five new 500 MVA units, also for feeding renewable energy into the supply grid.
The Pretoria transformer plant has a manufacturing capacity of 10 MVA to 800 MVA, 420 kV and includes a fully accredited in-house transformer testing facility where all transformers manufactured are tested according to international standards (IEC 60076).
