Eskom releases names of transformer suppliers amid rising localisation pressures

Eskom has released the names to Engineering News of the five transformer companies appointed to a panel of suppliers that will compete for upcoming contracts for a total of 101 large-scale transformers to be installed as part of the National Transmission Company South Africa’s (NTCSA’s) Transmission Development Plan (TDP). Ahead of the NTCSA’s operationalisation on July 1, Eskom announced in late June that the suppliers had been selected following an open tender issued in March 2023, but did not immediately identify the companies, saying only that they will “local with an international footprint”.