Commissioning Scheduled for February 2027<\/p>\n
Once connection and testing operations are complete, the equipment is scheduled to enter service in February 2027, according to Nicolas Perrin, Enedis Regional Director for Paris, who spoke to AFP. Adjacent substations will ensure supply continuity in the meantime. Enedis plans three transformer replacements of this type in 2026, compared with just one carried out in 2025, according to the company’s management.<\/p>\n
These transformers handle the conversion between the very high-voltage grid operated by RTE (R\u00e9seau de transport d’\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, France’s transmission system operator), which reaches the capital at 225,000 volts, and the Enedis distribution network operating at 20,000 volts. Transformers in the HTB2 (high-voltage B, level 2) category typically carry nominal ratings of between 40 and 100 MVA (megavolt-amperes), according to a technical document published by Enedis in 2025.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Heatwave as a Catalyst for Underground Infrastructure Renewal<\/p>\n
During the summer of 2025, heat accumulation in the Parisian underground caused notable outages affecting the Paris courthouse, buildings of the National Assembly, and the Galeries Lafayette department store, according to Enedis. These events have accelerated the company’s underground infrastructure renewal program. \u00ab\u00a0By replacing these transformers, Enedis ensures the resilience and robustness of its distribution network,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioning Scheduled for February 2027 Once connection and testing operations are complete, the equipment is scheduled to enter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1018414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[1888],"tags":[1111,1928,11,1927,106410,1777,674,1011,27,12,1926,626,1925,106411,25],"class_list":["post-1018413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-actu","tag-actu-paris","tag-actualites","tag-actualites-paris","tag-enedis-paris-transformer-grid-resilience","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-fr","tag-france","tag-news","tag-news-paris","tag-paris","tag-paris-news","tag-power-grids","tag-republique-francaise"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@fr\/116797943810969404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1018414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}