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New technologies, materials and approaches for overhead lines

31 août 2020
Overhead Lines (OHL) play an important role in the electricity business. They are the oldest and – till today – the most common used transmission method worldwide to transport electrical energy, and especially to transport bulk energy over big distances on land. Extra high voltage lines may exceed a route length of 1.000 km for the transport of several 1.000 MW per electric circuit  in alternating (AC) or direct current (DC), up to voltages of 1.150 kV. OHL will be designed to build up new grids or to improve and strengthen existing grids.Read More

ETIP SNET views on post COVID 19 recovery

28 août 2020
The COVID19 pandemic has greatly affected all aspects of life and has fully revealed the crucial role of energy in modern society. Without energy the vital functions of the health system, but also of the much dependent telecommunication system would collapse.Read More

How the COVID-19 pandemic contaminated the Brazilian electric system's operation

27 août 2020

No one could have anticipated this. Since mid-March 2020, the population of large Brazilian cities are at home, stores are closed, industrial activity is greatly reduced, streets are empty, and humanity has awakened to an almost global action for survival. It should not go unnoticed that the utilities and professionals that make up the Brazilian electric sector have reacted in an incredibly amazing manner.Read More

The Creation of CIGRE

26 août 2020
A century ago, as if history were repeating itself, the world was battling the Spanish Flu pandemic, but European nations were also recovering from the damages caused by World War I.Read More