BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - According to Ganz Transformers, the new generation of technology is already successfully operating in Sweden. 

Ganz Transformers recently announced The first intelligent transformer of Ganz Transformers and Electric Rotating Machines Ltd. is already successfully operating in Sweden. In addition to this, intelligent transformer units designed for Hungarian and Estonian customers will be delivered soon. Following the first three orders, with a total value of around 2.4 million euros ($2.54 milion), the company will deliver a further 18 smart transformers to the domestic and international renewable energy market by the end of 2023.

According to the company they successfully produced the first transformer units with intelligent monitoring systems for its domestic and international customers. The company has delivered and commissioned a transformer unit with a capacity of 46 MVA, equipped with the intelligent monitoring system, for a total value of around 670 thousand euros ($710 thousand), in Gothenburg, Sweden. For ENEFIT Green in Estonia, a leading renewable energy producer in the Baltic Sea region, Ganz has delivered a 50 MVA, 347/33 kV intelligent transformer unit for a total value of almost 970 thousand euros ($1 milion). The high-power transformer unit will contribute to the power supply of a wind farm Lüganuse, Estonia from the first quarter of 2023.

According to the company Baltic and Scandinavian markets, the company also supplied a 63 MVA, 120/22 kV intelligent transformer unit for the solar farm in the Hungarian renewable energy market. Through a joint project with Phlegon Ltd. and Forest-Vill Ltd., worth more than 750 thousand euros ($790 thousand), Ganz's new intelligent solution will contribute to the energy supply of a 48 MW solar farm in Kiskunhalas, Hungary, which covers an area of about 100 hectares.

“Over the past months, we have been working steadily to get the first intelligent transformers up and running and to prepare them properly for the operating conditions. It is therefore particularly significant for our company that we have successfully commissioned the first transformer unit with an intelligent monitoring system in Sweden and have also produced a further unit for the Estonian market. At the same time, as the only Hungarian transformer manufacturer, it was also very important for our company to contribute to the more sustainable operation of the Hungarian energy supply and to the achievement of the carbon targets through joint projects with Hungarian customers. As for next year, Ganz has already received orders for a further 18 intelligent transformers, and this number is expected to increase further based on the first positive market feedback” – said Jan Prins, Managing Director of Ganz Transformers and Electric Rotating Machines Ltd.