As operating temperature rises, the steel core elongates faster than the surrounding strands, pulling the conductor into sag ...

Facing unprecedented stress on the traditional grid, PG&E is leveraging innovative advanced conductors and modernizing collateral infrastructure. Their flexible, adaptive framework guides deployment, ...

Transmission lines are long-lived assets, with minimum design lives of 40 years; often, these assets are in use for much longer than that. A life of 40-60 years is an eternity compared to the rate at ...

The 35-mile project marks the debut of BOLD (Breakthrough Overhead Line Design), an innovative low-profile double-circuit transmission line system designed to maximize power delivery capacity while ...

Almost all overhead electricity lines use the same basic design that’s been in use since 1908. TS Conductor has redesigned them to transmit more power, without changing utility poles. Though the use ...

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, and Southwire Company LLC, North American wire and cable producers, introduced an affordable option for utility transmission ...

Buzz around technology that could transform how utilities build transmission infrastructure to address emerging electrical grid challenges is getting more audible. Three companies pioneering advanced, ...

One of the issues that beginning electronic engineers must grasp is the concept of impedance and impedance matching, epically with respect to transmission lines, cables, and connectors. This FAQ ...