Air Core Reactors Market Report 2025 (Global Edition)

Global Air Core Reactors Market Report 2025 Market Size Split by Fuel (Dry Type with Air Core, Dry Type with Iron Core, Oil Emersed Type), by End-use (Current Limiting, Power Flow Control, Capacitor S...

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Impact of Trumph Tariff on Energy and Power Industry

In 2025, global trade entered a turbulent phase as the U.S., under President Donald Trump, introduced aggressive "Liberation Day Tariffs" to address trade imbalances. These tariffs, ranging from 10% to 46%, heavily impacted the energy and power sector, which relies on global supply chains for critical components like rare earth metals, solar panels, wind turbines, and lithium. The U.S.–China trade war escalated, with reciprocal tariffs and China's trade surplus with the U.S. reaching USD 102.6 billion. Retaliatory tariffs from the EU and Canada further disrupted energy supply chains, raising material costs and causing delays in key projects.

The U.S. imposed a 20% tariff on rare earths, impacting EVs and clean tech; 25% on solar panels, increasing installation costs; 15–25% on wind turbine parts, affecting project timelines; and 10–15% on oil and gas equipment, pushing producers to rethink supply networks. Sub-sectors like renewables, EVs, oil & gas, and power generation are all experiencing rising costs, supply bottlenecks, and delayed investments. For instance, solar and wind projects now face 10–30% higher costs, and EV producers are struggling with battery input inflation.

China remains central to the U.S. energy supply chain, with even indirect imports via countries like Vietnam and Malaysia tightly linked to Chinese inputs. As a result, U.S. energy firms are exploring alternative sourcing from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and domestic production to reduce exposure. However, switching suppliers requires significant investment, coordination, and time.

In this volatile environment, market research is critical. It helps energy firms map supplier risks, track price trends, and explore alternative sourcing. It enables supply chain optimization through AI and predictive analytics, while regulatory tracking and scenario planning allow companies to anticipate future disruptions. Energy firms like NextEra and First Solar are responding by diversifying suppliers, investing in local production, and leveraging digital tools to improve procurement and adapt to tariff-driven challenges. Those using data-driven strategies and flexible operations are best positioned to thrive amid rising trade tensions.

Competitive Landscape of the Air Core Reactor Market

Siemens

Siemens is a Germany-based company specializing in the areas of electrification, automation, and digitalization. The company is operating under four segments: digital industries, mobility, smart infrastructure, and Healthineers.

The products and services offered by the company include building technology, drive technology, energy, financing, healthcare, industrial automation, mobility, software, communication, and others. Building technology includes energy and sustainability, fire safety, and others. Drive technology includes converters, digitalization, motors, and others. its industrial automation product category offers automation systems, RFID solutions and locating, industrial communication, industrial controls, industry software, operator control and monitoring systems, and others.

BREENERGY

BREENERGY is a manufacturer of electric equipment. Products offered by the comapny are capacitors, reactors, three-pole capacitor bank switches, and solution lines. Capacitors include high-frequency capacitors, medium-voltage capacitors (mh), mpt low-voltage capacitors, capacitors for surge protection, three-phase capacitors (th), and others. further, reactors include inrush limiting reactors, harmonic filter reactors, and shunt reactors. In addition to manufacturing high-performance equipment, BREE also provides complete solutions for energy efficiency, reactive compensation, and custom harmonic filtering. It includes high-voltage and medium-voltage capacitor banks, low voltage capacitor banks, air-core reactor banks, aND passive harmonic filters.

Top Companies Market Share in Air Core Reactors Industry: (In no particular order of Rank)

• Siemens
• ABB
• Alstom (GE)
• Hitachi
• Quality Power
• Coil Innovation
• Others
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Regional Analysis of the Air Core Reactor Market

Air core reactors are majorly used in power generation, transmission and distribution networks, industrial facilities, OEM and electrical test laboratories. North America has major share in the market of air core reactors which is attributed by a vast network of power plants, transmission lines, and distribution centres that together make up the U.S. electric grid. It allows balance of supply and demand for the energy that powers everything from industry to household appliances.

Moreover, rise in the industrialization along with developed infrastructure increases the demand for power generation in North America. For instance, Americans' homes are energy hogs which results in much larger usage of energy by the U.S. in comparison to other countries. Total U.S. electricity end-use consumption in 2021 was about 2% higher than in 2020 largely because the economy recovered from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asia Pacific region is expected to see the fastest CAGR growth due to urbanization, population change, climate change, and digitalization. Urbanization and demographic change are driving need for buildings that are smarter and more human-centric. Decarbonization is required due to climate change. As a result, there is a rising need for adaptable and reliable energy infrastructures, and the popularity of electric vehicles is expanding quickly. Structures and grids may undergo these changes, thanks to digitalization, which also makes it feasible to manage electricity distribution with a bigger proportion of renewable energy sources and create smarter buildings. The market for air core reactors in APAC will benefit greatly from this.

The current report Scope analyzes Air Core Reactors Market on 5 major region Split (In case you wish to acquire a specific region edition (more granular data) or any country Edition data then please write us on info@cognitivemarketresearch.com

• North America (United States, Canada, Mexico)
• Europe (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Rest of Europe)
• Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, South East Asia, Rest of APAC)
• Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Rest of South America)
• Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Rest of Middle East)
• Africa (Nigeria, South Africa, Rest of Africa)

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Air Core Reactors Market Analysis

Air Core Reactor Segment by Fuel

Dry Type with Air Core

In 2018, the Dry Type with Air Core Revenue was USD 948.31 Million and it expected to reach at USD 1,886.44 Million in 2030. Air-core dry-type reactors are most commonly found in electric power transmission and distribution systems, as well as electrical plant power systems for a variety of purposes. It can be employed as the inductive component of tuned harmonic filters, for fault current limiting, power flow regulation, reactive compensation (shunt reactors), and other purposes. They can range from small devices weighing tens or hundreds of pounds and having power ratings of less than 100 kvar to large coils weighing 100,000 pounds or more and having power ratings in the 600 Mvar range (60 Hz equivalent).

Dry Type with Iron Core

Iron core reactors feature a core that saturates when design current levels are surpassed. These reactors have a low partial discharge, a high mechanical strength, a small volume, a low noise level, and a low loss. They are frequently utilized in power transmission and conversion systems, electrified trains, metallurgy, and the petrochemical industries. It is specifically utilized in underground substations with constrained installation space and unique fire protection needs, urban power grid substations, microcomputer-controlled stations with unique electromagnetic interference requirements, and substations in subterranean power grids.

Oil Emersed Type

Air core shunt reactors are manufactured in oil-immersed design. The oil-immersed air core reactor becomes the favored form of coupling reactor due to its low electromagnetic interference and excellent insulation strength. It primarily consists of a reactor body and an oil tank.

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Global Air Core Reactor Segment by End-use

Current Limiting

In 2018, the Current Limiting Revenue in Air Core Reactor was USD 605.14 Million, and it will reach USD 1,213.81 Million in 2030. Air core current limiting reactors are one of the most effective short-circuit current limiting technologies. It lessens the strain on buses, insulators, circuit breakers, and other high-voltage equipment. Air core current limiting reactors are a cost-effective and practical method of restricting current. Reactors that limit current are produced up to 420 kV. These reactors are built to resist the rated current and fault currents for an extended length of time.

Power Flow Control

Air core power flow control reactors allow users to regulate the current in two or more parallel circuits. These reactors are linked in series in a power system (often a transmission line) to maximize power flow by changing the transfer impedance. They modify the line impedance so that the load flow can be managed, guaranteeing maximum power transfer over nearby transmission lines.

Capacitor Switching

A capacitor-switching reactor is an air-core reactor that is designed to be used with capacitor banks. It is used to reduce harmful surge transients during the switching of the capacitor banks on and off.

Harmonic Filtering

Harmonic filter reactors, in conjunction with capacitor units and, on occasion, resistors, construct a filter circuit set to a certain frequency (resonance frequency) in order to minimize, block, or provide a low-impedance channel for harmonic currents in the audio frequency range. They are linked in either a parallel or a series manner. The reactors are built to fulfill particular design criteria such as quality factors and tolerance of inductance between phases as well as the reactor itself.

Reactive Power Compensation

Reactive power compensation is becoming increasingly important in the industrial sector in order to cut energy expenses. Air-core reactors are widely used nowadays because to their low cost and simple maintenance. Air-core reactive power compensation reactors employ capacitor banks that are linked in series to transmission lines. It enhances voltage control and system transient stability, resulting in increased transmission line capacity, lower electrical losses, and cost savings.

HVDC Smoothing

Smoothing reactors are used in DC systems to minimize harmonic currents and transient over currents. They are utilized in High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) connections as well as industrial applications like rectifiers and traction systems. Smoothing reactors help minimize the occurrence of alternation failure in inverters induced by voltage dips at the converter bus. DC filters are located on the line side of the HVDC smoothing reactor in shunt with the DC line, and their job is to lower harmonic currents on the DC line even more.

Others

Several other applications of air core reactor include neutral-earthing, static var compensation (SVC), arc-furnace series reactors, motor starting, test laboratory reactors, electric arc furnace reactors, line & load reactors, test lab reactors, and plc 
line traps, and others.

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Air Core Reactors Sales Channel Segment Analysis

• Direct Sales
• Distributor

Air Core Reactors Type Segment Analysis

• Single Phase Air Core Reactor
• Three Phase Air Core Reactor

Air Core Reactors Voltage Segment Analysis

• High Voltage
• Medium Voltage
• Low Voltage

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