Utility Automation & Monitoring
Moving Smart Grid to the Field
Three Serious Questions to Ask Now About Condition Monitoring
Utility Automation & Monitoring
Underground Smart Grid
In recent years, the cost to bury high-voltage power lines has decreased dramatically. The American Transmission Company reports that installation costs for underground transmission lines (over 100 kilovolts) are now only 2.5 to 10 times the cost of an equivalent overhead line. Consequently, the number of underground transmission line projects has exploded in recent years and the number of underground high-voltage power lines operating in the United States have dramatically increased.
To date, overhead...
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