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One easy way to boost the grid: upgrade the power lines

One easy way to boost the grid: upgrade the power lines

Volts

January 31, 202456m 0s

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Upgrading power lines — “reconductoring,” in the biz — is a straightforward way to boost the capacity of the electrical grid by enabling it to transmit more power and leak less of it. In this episode, TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang and researcher Emilia Chojkiewicz speak to the great potential of reconductoring, if balky utilities can be convinced to deploy the new technology.



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