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Governments Emphasize Links Between Climate Change and Nature Loss

In a landmark shift, governments around the world are increasingly emphasizing the direct links between climate change and the collapse of biodiversity. This interconnectedness, which has often been treated as separate issues, is now being recognized as two sides of the same coin in the fight for planetary survival. Experts warn that tackling one without addressing the other will make efforts to combat either much less effective. At recent global summits and conferences, policymakers have...

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ES Foundry Opens Solar Factory in South Carolina

As the U.S. strives to strengthen its domestic renewable energy sector, ES Foundry, a new player in solar cell manufacturing, is helping to reshape the landscape. The company recently celebrated the grand opening of its cutting-edge facility in South Carolina, marking a significant step toward...

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Fiber-Reinforced Composite Cross Arms for Transmission Structures

Fiber-reinforced polymers versus traditional cross arms materials

BY JANOS TOTH & GRANT LOCKHART, FRP Transmission Innovations Inc.

Recently, utilities have started using newer options such as component polyurethanes instead of older, widely used conventional materials. Specifically, fiber-reinforced polymer shows promise in providing reliable, cost effective, and durable support for conductors, under challenging environmental conditions. This issue’s Overhead T&D Channel weighs the pros and cons of traditional cross arm materials and makes the case for use of engineered materials as a new way to manufacture electrical overhead transmission structures.

These material advances directly address the inherent weaknesses of traditional construction materials and provide electrical utilities with new opportunities to install transmission structures that are reliable, cost effective, and provide durable support for conductors—even under the most challenging environmental conditions.

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Detecting Faults in Underground Networks

Enhancing protection using directional faulted circuit indicators BY CHRISTOPHER EVANICH, Thomas & Betts Underground electrical networks provide reliable service to end users, but create problems for utility personnel in locating faults. Electric utilities who utilize an underground network...

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Underground Distribution Sensors

Exploring the benefits of wide-area monitoring BY TED MYERS, On-Ramp Wireless The average citizen and business experiences over 120 minutes of electricity outage duration a year. This has a significant societal impact costing 10s to hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Furthermore, the measure...

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