HITACHI ENERGY
HOW DOES COLLABORATION INFLUENCE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND HELP CUSTOMERS ACHIEVE THEIR OWN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS? Bruno – Typically, transformers are custom-designed products because customers have differing site and application conditions and transformer performance is optimised accordingly.
For example, life-cycle carbon emissions from transformers mainly come from electrical losses during the use phase and the embedded emissions in the materials used. The carbon emissions from electrical losses depend on the carbon emission factor of the grid in which the transformer is installed. Meanwhile, lowering electrical losses requires transformers to be designed with higher material use, thus increasing embedded carbon emissions in the transformer. The ideal solution needs to be optimised. EconiQ transformers are co-created with customers based on their site conditions and sustainability goals, utilising our advanced transformer design and environmental impact analysis tools.
It is a combination of deep domain knowledge of transformer performance, built over a hundred years and the expertise we have built over the last few years in life-cycle environmental impact studies of our equipment that gives us the confidence to provide our customers with the best sustainability solutions.
“Life-cycle carbon emissions from transformers mainly come from electrical losses during the use phase and the embedded emissions in the materials used”
BRUNO MELLES, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSFORMERS, HITACHI ENERGY
112 September 2025