Thermal sag is often responsible for causing grid outages on electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. It happens when the current running through an electrical conductor cable exceeds the ...

According to Mike Winterhalter, President at AmpStar, “The high strength composite core allows for higher aluminum compaction and the use of higher conductive annealed aluminum, which increases ...

A lightweight ceramic fiber-reinforced aluminum core wrapped in aluminum-zirconium wires permits a cable to operate in temperatures as high as 210°C continuous while offering a transmission capacity ...

Composite Technology Corporation’s (CTC) subsidiary, CTC Cable Corporation (CTC Cable) has received its third order from General Cable Corporation to provide for the delivery of ACCC conductor to ...

These projects involve supplying bare overhead aluminum conductors with composite cores for lines up to 400kV in Spain, Germany, and Montenegro. All these projects have a common objective of improving ...

Conductors are developed with the most severe wind and ice conditions in mind, withstanding a 2-in. full-density ice load all while improving the economics of the transmission grid. Lamifil’s ACCC ...

New conductor designs now being tested could lead to expansion of the current-carrying capacity of existing electric-transmission systems without extensive construction of new lines. The designs ...

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Composite Technology Corporation (CTC) (OTC Bulletin Board: CPTC) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, CTC ...

- Composite Technology Corporation today announced that the Company will present at the State Energy Program/Rebuild America National Conference on July 29 - August 1, 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

To help the energy transition happen faster, the high-voltage power lines crisscrossing the U.S. will need a high-tech upgrade. Recent federal and state regulations are calling on utilities to deploy ...