General Electric transformer plant. Source: Transformers Magazine
When it rains it pours for General Electric (GE). Tuesday Reuters reported that Brazil's power system operator requested that 662 GE transformers be removed from the the country's grid system:
Brazil’s power system operator has requested that 662 transformers made by General Electric Co (GE.N) be removed from the country’s grid after a number of explosions involving the devices, according to document seen by Reuters.
The document, which was prepared by Brazil’s grid operator ONS and submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Energy in early