Transformer oil news

The latest news, events and reports from Nynas transformer oils.

  • Instant reduction

    By replacing a Nynas product with an identical one from the EVO line, customers can instantly and significantly lower their product carbon footprint while maintaining the same high performance.

  • Reflections on partnerships for reducing emissions

    Tackling Scope 3 emissions requires collective action. By fostering transparency and collaboration across value chains, businesses can drive innovation, reduce costs, and accelerate progress toward net zero. Three industry leaders, including Rafael Renaudeau from Nynas, share insights on how strategic partnerships can turn sustainability goals into scalable solutions.

  • Brains of Nynas: Annika Girod

    Annika Girod joined Nynas as Marketing Director in 2024, bringing with her a wealth of experience from operational and strategic marketing roles. Find out what's on her mind.

  • Brains of Nynas: Rafael Renaudeau

    With 21 years at Nynas under his belt, Rafael is currently the company's Director for Strategy, Sustainability and Quality. Find out what's on his mind.

  • Reflections on sustainable return on investment

    How do you drive financial value from sustainability strategies? Three experts, including Dr Hugo Campelo from Nynas, discuss how to achieve sustainable return on investments.

  • Instant reduction in carbon footprint

    By simply replacing a product used today with an alternative from the Nynas EVO-line, customers can instantly reduce the carbon footprint for their product offerings. The EVO line provides drop-in replacements with a lower carbon footprint whilst maintaining the same high performance as products in Nynas existing portfolio, eliminating the need for reformulation.

  • Nynas circular transformer oil achieves certification

    Offering a fully circular transformer oil significantly enhances resource efficiency in the electrical industry. The solution provided by Nynas in collaboration with Stena has now been awarded a quality mark in the form of ISCC Plus certification.

  • Nynas achieves gold in EcoVadis rating

    Nynas has received the EcoVadis Gold Sustainability rating for 2024, securing a position in the top 5% among all rated companies for sustainability performance. It confirms our commitment to providing customers and partners with transparent and trustworthy sustainability credentials.

  • Finding Resolution

    A change in raw material or energy source may seem like the best route to a lower carbon footprint. However, with specialty products such as those in Nynas’ portfolio, which often contribute to lifetime, function, and performance in their use, it is more complex. Our ReSolution concept captures these benefits throughout the entire value chain.

  • Supply Chain in new hands

    Agile supply chains can adapt to changing customer demands. This flexibility differentiates Nynas in a competitive market, notes Natalia Martinez, the company’s new Vice President of Supply Chain.

  • Brains of Nynas: Elisabeth Bemm

    Elisabeth Bemm joined Nynas in 2016 as manager for ProTech, specialised in the development of Nynas refining process technology utilising the advanced Pilot Plant facility. Find out what's on her mind.

  • From H2O to H2 Carbon Zero

    Green hydrogen is being eyed as key in the global push towards a more sustainable energy future. However, its widespread adoption depends on overcoming technological and economic challenges.

  • Reflections on carbon capture and storage

    Three experts, including Nynas Sustainability Manager Dr. Tallal Belkheiri, discuss the potential of technologies for capturing carbon dioxide generated by burning fossil fuels before it is released into the atmosphere.

  • Industry gatherings

    An important forum for spreading knowledge about our products and ongoing research and development work are the various industry events held around the world.

  • Nynas supports academic studies in Türkiye

    Throughout the world, Nynas has a longstanding tradition of collaboration with institutions of higher education. In Türkiye, our General Manager now teaches classes at two of the country’s most prestigious universities.

  • Becoming sustainable

    Nynas highly refined oils contribute to longer product lifetime together with an enhanced technical and environmental performance for end users. Our sustainability work encompasses all aspects of our operations, and we are committed to lowering our own environmental impact, with the aim of becoming climate-neutral by 2050.

  • Nynas experts lecture at KTH

    Nynas traditionally maintains a close partnership with universities and higher education institutions. An illustrative example of this is the lecture on the oil industry held for students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

  • Brains of Nynas: Sibala Libish Kumar

    Sibala Libish Kumar has worked in the industry since 2007 in various customer-facing roles. As a Customer Service Specialist at Nynas, her duties include ensuring the customer service team remains abreast of all processes and that the ongoing digitalisation aligns with the company's goals and objectives. Find out what's on her mind.

  • Nynas and Stena Recycling join forces to collect and rerefine end-of-life transformer oils

    Nynas and Stena Recycling have entered a strategic partnership, combining Nynas’ world-class refining technology and market-leading circular transformer fluid with Stena's broad collection network and modern recycling services.

  • Getting the scope of it

    As the need to cut emissions of greenhouse gas is becoming more urgent, companies must look beyond their direct climate impact. From 2025, organisations that operate in Europe will be required to report their indirect – so-called Scope 3 – emissions.

  • Passion for Transformers

    Dr. Hugo Campelo recently took up his new position as Senior Technical Advisor at Nynas, focusing on customers within the electrical industry. In his new role, Hugo serves as a technical expert on the application of dielectric liquids in transformers and switchgear.

  • 95 years and still going strong

    After nearly a century in the market, Nynas is actively developing new, forward-looking, customer-centric solutions to contribute to performance and sustainable development. The distinctive entrepreneurial spirit that characterised the company's founders continues unabated.

  • Keeping electricity flowing

    Pylons are the veins of our electric systems, transmitting high-voltage electricity from power stations, dams and wind farms to homes and businesses.

  • 6 reasons

    why NYTRO® RR 900X and NYTRO BIO 300X are the optimal choices for sustainable transformer fluids.

  • Reflections on the European market

    War, energy shortages, disrupted supply chains, re-allocation of demand and inflation are putting pressure on European markets. Three experts discuss how European companies should approach the future.

  • Nynas BIO products now ISCC Plus certified

    Nynas has received ISCC Plus certification for the biobased products NYTRO BIO 300X and NYTEX BIO 6200.

  • Nynas launches high-quality circular transformer fluid

    Nynas AB, one of the world’s leading naphthenic oil producers, today announced the launch of NYTRO® RR 900X, a circular transformer fluid based on the most powerful and effective re-refining technology.

  • Reducing the loss of valuable electricity

    As the price of electricity is rising in these uncertain times, reducing energy losses in transformers is more important than ever. Nynas’ bio-based insulating liquid NYTRO® BIO 300X promises to improve the performance of transformers, helping utilities to achieve sustainability targets.

  • Končar - Instrument Transformers completes successful tests with Nynas NYTRO BIO 300X

    Croatia’s leading manufacturer of instrument transformers has successfully completed a full range of tests on units filled with Nynas’ bio-based insulating liquid NYTRO® BIO 300X.

  • Thumbs-up for bio-based transformer liquid

    Rigorously tested and approved for use in market-leading Buchholz relays, Nynas’ NYTRO® BIO 300X transformer liquid offers a more sustainable cooling solution.

  • Reflections on biodegradability

    How do we assess biodegradability? Why is it important to separate between bio-based and biodegradable? And how does biodegradability fit into the concept of sustainability? Three experts share their thoughts.

  • Time to go circular

    More than simply recycling, circular economy is about capturing a larger part of the value that is typically lost in our traditional linear economic model. For Nynas, a circular approach is one of the things that separates us from regular oil companies.

  • NYTRO® BIO 300X is awarded USDA certification for biobased products

    In addition to being recognised for its ultra-low viscosity, allowing transformers and reactors to operate with better cooling, NYTRO® BIO 300X has also received the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label.

  • NYTRO® BIO 300X fulfilling promises in Gothenburg, Sweden

    Nynas’ new innovative insulating liquid NYTRO® BIO 300X has been successfully delivered to and tested in a transformer serving electricity customers in Gothenburg, Sweden. The city’s utility company Göteborg Energi opted to use the bio-based and biodegradable insulating liquid in a transformer located in a sensitive water protection area.

  • Important step forward for sustainable transformers

    Sustainability moved to the next level: SGB SMIT Group successfully tested 1st transformer in Germany with Nynas NYTRO® BIO 300X

  • NYTRO® BIO 300X successfully delivered and tested by Končar D&ST

    Nynas recently completed a delivery of its new bio-based transformer fluid NYTRO® BIO 300X to Končar Distribution & Special Transformers in Croatia.

 

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