Transmission lines have become a staple of our landscapes – they traverse an incredible range of environments, climates and terrains, leaving lasting images. Their longevity is at least partially ...

There is a shortage of high-voltage transmission lines in the United States, and demand is expected to grow at least 20 percent in the next decade. Yet selection of transmission line routes is a ...

Think of transmission lines like highways: They have a maximum capacity. When demand exceeds capacity, the system becomes congested. In power lines, this can cause overheating, voltage drops and ...

Electronic engineers, both digital and analog, must now understand how to live with transmission lines. Behind the need for improved understanding are today's ICs, which produce signals that rise and ...

Abstract: THE LOAD capability and performance of high-voltage transmission lines can be improved by the installation of series capacitors. Some reasons for the application of series capacitors to ...

Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock. Hydro One has been selected to develop a critical transmission line in the northeast of the Canadian province of Ontario in partnership with First Nations. The Ontario ...

Abstract: With sleet, a temperature just below the freezing point, and with a heavy wind blowing transversely across a transmission line, vibrations of amplitudes up to 20 feet have been observed An ...

the Shiroro-Katampe 330kV transmission line, has been vandalised, making this incident the sixth of its kind this year. It said key components of the conductor between towers T216 and T218 were ...

The $4.8 billion HumeLink project will build 365 kilometres of transmission lines in southern New South Wales. Grassroots opponents are worried about the fire risk and environmental and aesthetic ...

This audio story explores how a Scottish utility can divert birds from power lines through a combination of drones, robots and specially designed visual signals.

A proposed 5-mile-wide corridor for transmission lines that ran from southwest Kansas to Illinois that drew the ire of lawmakers and landowners won't get special consideration by the federal ...