Transformers without copper or aluminum? Dream on.
@AArata63
The 10 trillion spent on wars the last 25 years would have solved ALL of America's infrustructure problems. But MIC was ahead of everything else.
@davidlazarus67
Everywhere you look in the USA there are symptoms of a systematic collapse because of under investment over previous decades. This cannot be solved overnight. It will take decades to fix and that’s too long for politicians to be incentivized to act.
@phils4634
The very large transformers have a very long wait time; it's a LOT longer than three years, for the 400kV level "supergrid" devices, and the US is very aware that the larger transformers could be an attractive target to the "dissatisfied", as has already happened with the "Metcalfe Incident". Mind you there are a very large number of very high-power, high voltage transformers manufacturers in China.
@WilliamKirkland-j4r
Once again, we are fortunate to have someone (an American) on site to keep us informed about the reality of where we are in the real world of supply and demand. Our politicians, bankers and corporate investors sure as heck do not. Thanks. Bill K.
@petermackay5305
I am an Electro-Mechanical design Engineer, Degree ME. I have worked with China sourcing products for over 30 years. Products designed in US and manufactured in China. Some were "box builds" which means a product was completely made in China, packaged and shipped to US warehouse. Many were complex, PCB's, injection molded parts and transformers. The Chinese engineers, managers and purchasing agents were some of the nicest, very confident, and skilled people I have ever worked with. Due to the 12-hour time difference, we called it "following the sun", which means when we in US go to bed. The Chinese are up and going to work. All 24 hours of a day is work on the project. Trump has no clue, no manufacturing knowledge. Keep up your good work.
American companies can produce just 20% of our capital equipment needs in electrical power and transmission. The United States will soon need to replace over 30 million power transformers on existing power grids, while somehow meeting the enormous new power demand from factories and AI data centers. Under US law, all the new components and materials used by electric utilities must be build in the United States. Wait times for new transformers and switches are now over three years, and costs are rocketing higher.
