• An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy along large distances. It consists...
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    An overhead line crossing is the crossing of an obstacle—such as a traffic route, a river, a valley or a strait—by an overhead power line. The style of...
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    technology is overhead line. It is known variously as overhead catenary, overhead contact line (OCL), overhead contact system (OCS), overhead equipment (OHE)...
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    An underground power line provides electrical power with underground cables. Compared to overhead power lines, underground lines have lower risk of starting...
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  • Bosporus overhead line crossings refers to the three transmission line crossings of the Bosporus, the strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Map all coordinates...
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    support an overhead power line. In electrical grids, transmission towers carry high-voltage transmission lines that transport bulk electric power from generating...
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  • ACCC conductor (category Power cables)
    "high-temperature low-sag" (HTLS) overhead power line conductor. CTC Global (formerly Composite Technology Corporation) used this power line conductor technology....
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    resistance that occurs over long distances. Power is usually transmitted through overhead power lines. Underground power transmission has a significantly higher...
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    design and operation of overhead line 1150 kV AC Ekibastuz-Urals in terms of impact on the environment] (PDF). CIS Electric Power Council conference (in...
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    is an unwanted side effect. Corona discharge from high-voltage electric power transmission lines constitutes an economically significant waste of energy...
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    Overhead power line Power distribution unit Power-system automation – IEEE standard to interconnect tele-protection and multiplexer devices of power utility...
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  • Yangtze River power line crossings are overhead power lines that cross the Yangtze River in China. There are at least three power line crossings on the...
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    Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly...
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    1957, a 220 kV overhead power line was built across the Strait of Messina. Its pylons are among the highest in the world. This power line has since been...
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    driven by the energy of the flow. This vibration is the cause for overhead power line wires humming in the wind, and for the fluttering of automobile whip...
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  • Ameralik Span (category Electric power infrastructure in Greenland)
    The Ameralik Span is the longest span of an electrical overhead power line in the world. It is situated near Nuuk on Greenland and crosses Ameralik fjord...
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  • weapons Electricity pylon, a steel lattice tower used to support an overhead power line Traffic pylon, a cone-shaped marker that is placed on roads or footpaths...
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    Dead-end tower (category Overhead power lines)
    pylon) is a fully self-supporting structure used in construction of overhead power lines. A dead-end transmission tower uses horizontal strain insulators...
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  • file and the next is overhead. Any physical object situated, or action occurring above: Overhead line, for power transmission Overhead cable, for signal...
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    Aluminium-conductor steel-reinforced cable (category Power engineering)
    of high-capacity, high-strength stranded conductor typically used in overhead power lines. The outer strands are high-purity aluminium, chosen for its good...
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    injury due to falling off a moving train, electrocution by the power supply (overhead catenary wire, third rail, current collectors, resistors, etc.)...
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    A battery energy storage system (BESS), battery storage power station, battery energy grid storage (BEGS) or battery grid storage is a type of energy...
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    buildings and structures, buried in the ground, laid underwater or run overhead. Power cables that are bundled inside thermoplastic sheathing and that are...
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  • to: Overhead power line, used for electric power transmission Power-line communication, a computer networking technology Powerline, a status line plugin...
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    two cities that the Senseki Line connects. It is also the only line in Sendai area that is powered by DC overhead power line. Operators, distances: East...
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  • transmission line, establishing the National Grid. By the end of the calendar year 2015, despite poor hydroelectricity generation, India had become a power surplus...
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    Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and 29 smaller Utah municipalities. Path 27 consists of an overhead power line 488 miles (785 km) long, and...
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    400 kV Thames Crossing (category Electric power infrastructure in England)
    The 400 kV Thames Crossing is an overhead power line crossing of the River Thames, between Botany Marshes in Swanscombe, Kent, and West Thurrock, Essex...
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    more power to the load when operating with HVDC than AC. Finally, depending upon the environmental conditions and the performance of overhead line insulation...
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    length of the line and are only rotated by a phase angle. In electric power transmission, the characteristic impedance of a transmission line is expressed...
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