Sterlite Power Launches Special Earth Wire for Long Span Transmission Lines

Newly designed solution will provide requisite clearance for long span transmission lines, including those across river crossings

New Delhi, 20^th January, 2020: Sterlite Power, a leading global player in power transmission, launched a newly designed Special Earth Wire product that enables critical clearance for long spans. This new solution was successfully deployed at one of India’s largest river crossings, at the Purnia Bihar Sharif transmission line, at a span of nearly 1.1 km of 400kV-D/C quad bundle.

This Special Earth Wire, which is being heralded for the first time in India, is light weight with low sag, and its earthing capabilities are superior to conventional earth wires.

The Special Earth Wire shields the line conductor from direct strikes and reduces voltage stress across the insulating strings during lightning strikes. This customized material and design has better ‘strength to weight ratio’ than existing earth wires. Hence, it is more suited to compliance requirements of low sag and critical phase clearance between conductor and earth wires of long span.

Key advantages along with higher safety factor includes its versatile application on ACSS, GzTACR, TACSR, AACSR/ACSR conductors. This Earth Wire will have high applicability where there are long span river crossings and hilly terrains.

About Sterlite Power

Sterlite Power is a leading global developer of power transmission infrastructure with projects of over 13,315 circuit kms and 23,885 MVA in India and Brazil. With an industry-leading portfolio of power conductors, EHV cables and OPGW, Sterlite Power also offers solutions for upgrading, uprating and strengthening existing networks. The company has set new benchmarks in the industry by use of cutting-edge technologies and innovative financing. Sterlite Power is also the sponsor of IndiGrid, India’s first power sector Infrastructure Investment Trust (“InvIT”), listed on the BSE and NSE.

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