Boosting Grid Efficiency with Commercially Available Digital Dynamic Line Rating software

Dragan Trifunovic, Ahmadreza Malekpour

GE Vernova, United States of America

Dynamic Line Rating based Overhead Line Management Solutions on the High Voltage Distribution System

Dávid Szabó¹, Levente Rácz², Gábor Göcsei², Bálint Németh², Imre Orlay³

1: GridGuard, Hungary; 2: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; 3: MVM ÉMÁSZ Áramhálózati Kft., Hungary

Dynamic Line Rating using Hyper-local weather predictions: A case study covering 5000km Estonian transmission lines

Henri Manninen, Markus Lippus

Gridraven, Estonia

Enhanced Wind Criterion for Calculating Thermal Capacities of Transmission Lines in Summer

Marc-Olivier Roux

Hydro-Québec, Canada

A Scalable Method for Forecasting Wind and Dynamic Line Ratings Using Regional Machine Learning Models Trained on Multiple Sensor-Equipped Spans

Alexandre Baré

Ampacimon SA, Belgium

Discussion on the variability of line temperature along one span

Andrej Vilhar¹, Nika Mlinarič Hribar², Amadej Krepek¹, Frank Amand¹, Matjaž Depolli², Andrej Souvent¹, Nenad Gubeljak³, Gregor Kosec²

1: Operato, Slovenia; 2: Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; 3: University of Maribor, Slovenia

Challenges faced and mitigation thereof to facilitate Green Power & Nuclear Power Flow in Gujarat region, India

Chandan Kalra, Amit Mahajan, Rajesh Suri, Kandarp Pandey

Sterlite Power Transmission Limited, India

Conductor Optimization for +/-350kV HVDC Transmission system for evacuation of 13 GW of RE power from renewable energy parks in Ladakh, India

Chandra KANT, Ashish Kumar SINGH, Nikhil JHA, Manoj Kumar SINGH, Abhay KUMAR, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED, INDIA

The Milano-Montalto ± 525 kV HVDC Link: Technical challenges and sustainability

Luca Buono, Gaia Leone, Francesco Palone, Lorenzo Papi, Roberto Spezie, Pierluigi Vacante

Terna Rete Italia, Italy

Navigating the Energy Transition: A Comparative Study of Aging Power Grids in India and the USA

Vipin Jacob Joseph, L K Khajkumar

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India

High-Voltage Iconic Towers

Maha Alsabban¹, Mudassar Rasul¹, Tobias Schuelein¹, Grain Adam¹, Janos Toth², Birgir Hallgrimsson³, Thorgeir Holm Olafsson³, Jin Choi⁴, Thomas Shine⁴

1: ENOWA-NEOM, Saudi Arabia; 2: Enginomix, United States; 3: Norconsult, Norway; 4: Choi+Shine Architects, Netherlands

Structural damage monitoring system for transmission towers based on artificial intelligence

Halyson da Costa Silva¹, Leonardo Hautrive Medeiros¹, Tiago Bandeira Marchesan¹, Vitor Cristiano Bender¹, Daniel Pinheiro Bernardon¹, Tiago dos Santos¹, Alexandre Aparecido Buenos¹, José Batista Ferreira Neto², Diogo José Damasceno do Espirito Santo², Daliane Lanzarin²

1: Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; 2: Santo Antônio Energia, Brazil

Development and deployment of VibraTorre equipment

Carlos Alexandre DO NASCIMENTO¹, Antonio ASSIS¹, Maurissone GUIMARAES², Giovani BRAGA², Alysson BARBOSA³, Andre MELO³, Alan DEIVIDE³, Paulo PINTO³

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: Cemig D, Brazil; 3: Trixel, Brazil

How Specific Overhead Line Design Parameters Affect Clearances Necessary to Limit Induced Discharges from Vehicles to Safe Levels of 5mA or Less

Alexander Lucas

POWER Engineers, Canada

Electric Field of HVDC Overhead Transmission Lines in an Urbanized Context

Luca Buono, Francesco Calabrese, Gaia Leone, Francesco Palone, Lorenzo Papi, Davide Rufini, Roberto Spezie, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy

B2_PS2_Canada_Chen Wang_Mitigating AC Electromagnetic Interference near Rail Corridors - A Case Study of the Southwest Winnipeg Transmission Improvement Project

Chen Wang, Emerson Adajar

Manitoba Hydro, Canada

Predicting Flashovers on HVDC Transmission Lines Using Machine Learning and Weather Data

Susmita Saha¹, Jeff Laninga¹, Behzad Kordi²

1: Manitoba Hydro, Canada; 2: University of Manitoba, Canada

Development of World's First 500kV Double Bi-pole HVDC Overhead Transmission System with Metallic Return in Korea

Wonjae Lee¹, Seongweon Kim¹, Dongkyu Kim¹, Hyeonggeun Kim¹, Shulsoo Seo¹, Seyong Kim¹, Sunghak Lee¹, Dongil Lee²

1: KEPCO(Korea Electric Power Corporation), Korea, Republic of (South Korea); 2: CIGRE Korea

Voltage Stress Characteristics and Insulator Options for Dedicated Metallic Return in Bipolar MMC HVDC Overhead Transmission Systems

Domagoj Hart¹, Jean-Marie George², Damien Lepley², Hani Saad³, Markus Vor dem Berge¹

1: RTE international, France; 2: Sediver, France; 3: ACDC Transient, France

Corona Inception Field Stresses at Water Drops on Silicone Surfaces at AC and DC and Mixed (Hybrid) Voltages - New Insights from Laboratory Tests

Jens Martin Seifert¹, Fabian Lehretz²

1: TKE GmbH, Germany; 2: TenneT TSO GmbH, Germany

Corona Effect Constraints in OHL upgrading using HTLS Conductors

Pierluigi Vacante, Francesco Palone, Gaia Leone, Gabriele Tresso

Terna Rete Italia, Italy

Research on coated conductor

Yuta MATSUDA, Tomonori SHIRAISHI, Noriyuki TAKADA

TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.

Uprating of lines from 275kV to 400kV on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Raeesa Khan, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain

NTCSA, South Africa

AI based Automation in Thermovision scanning of Overhead EHV Lines using Geo fencing technology.

Kapil P. Umak, Vikas M. Bhondve, Dinesh S. Tembe, Vijay Doijadkar, Shivanjali Singh, Riddhiman Chanda

The Tata power Company Limited, India

Development of AI powered anomaly detection for Power Transmission Towers and Powerlines using Drone captured data

Shunsuke ISHIDA¹, Fumihiko KONDO¹, Yuki MARUME¹, Takaya MASUDA², Masahiro OGAWA²

1: Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc, Japan; 2: SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc.

Development and use of Artificial Intelligence in the Maintenance of Overhead Lines

Carlos Alexandre Meireles do Nascimento¹, Lucas Souza¹, Alexander Silva¹, Hani YEHIA², Giovanni MARTINS², Ana GOMES³, Jhon ERAZO⁴, Alexandre ALEIXO⁵, Paulo PINTO⁶

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: UFMG, Brazil; 3: SCCON Geospatial, Brazil; 4: SENAI-SC, Brazil; 5: Imagem, Brazil; 6: Trixel, Brazil

Computer vision and AI for powergrid automated inspection

Mandana Taleb¹, Stefan GUDMUNDSSON¹, Valentin PHILIPP²

1: RTE, France; 2: Picsellia France

Detection of Construction Sites Near Infrastructures Using Satellite Technologies

Mandana Taleb¹, Maria Papadomanolaki², Alexander Blauw²

1: RTE, France; 2: Orbital Eye, Netherlands

Research on Tree Obstacle Satellite Monitoring Method for Overhead Lines Based on Fusion of Tower Features

Sihang Zhang, Zhi Yang, Kuanjun Zhu, Lixian Zhou, Hui Chen, Junhui Li, Bin Zhao, Chang Liu

State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of

On the use of IA for accelerated defects detection in the case of UAV transmission tower audit.

Karl Olechnowicz⁰¹, Guillaume Maitre⁰²

1: CIMA+, Canada; 2: University of Namur, Belgique

Development of new equipment to install Aircraft Warning Markers in overhead lines

Carlos Alexandre DO NASCIMENTO¹, Lucas Souza¹, Guilherme Neves¹, Daniel Silva¹, Allan Gomes², Danilo Malleta³, Albert Santos⁴, Pedro Menezes⁴, Alexandre Bracarense⁴

1: Cemig GT, Brazil; 2: Cemig D, Brazil; 3: Grupo ICTS, Brazil; 4: MB Wellworks, Brazil

A new method to carry out the thermal cycling test on splice connectors of overhead lines

Meysam Hassanipour, Sylvain Canuel, Simon PRUD’HOMME

Hydroquebec, Canada

Predictive Modelling of Zinc Coating Corrosion in ACSR Conductors Integrating Environmental Exposures

Shaoqi Yang¹, Luc Chouinard¹, Meysam Hassanipour²

1: McGill University, Canada; 2: L'Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec, Canada

LineCore Technology to Detect Corrosion in ACSR Overhead Line Conductors

Gilles Rousseau¹, Simon Francoeur², Francis Boudreault-Leclerc², Nicolas Pouliot¹

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: Nucleom, Canada

From Single to Multistrand Carbon Core Conductors: A Deep Dive into the Advanced PMC HTLS Conductors

Antti Hassinen¹, Luca Mora², Davide Peroni², Debora Mimo², Sami Pirinen¹, Heini Kloster¹

1: Exel Composites, Finland; 2: De Angeli Prodotti, Italy

Grid enhancing Technologies: advanced Conductor Design Considerations

Kailey Marissa Cole

POWER Engineers, Inc., Canada

The evolution of design and industrial standards: the Italian experience on stranded core polymeric matrix composite HTLS conductors

Marco Di Vaio, Piero Berardi, Daniele Cortese, Raffaele Costagliola, Enrico Di Vito, Mauro Gambassi, Gregorio Greco, Alberto Piccinin

TERNA, Italy

Increasing Grid Capacity with Giga-Strength Steel

Daniel Berkowitz

Bekaert, United States of America

Intelligent Insulator Defect Identification and Reporting: A Synergistic Approach Using Deep Learning and Language Models

Siyanda Biyela

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa

Numerical Model Analysis of Laboratory Corona Tests of High Voltage Insulators and Hardware

STEPHEN BELL

K-LINE INSULATORS LTD, Canada

Application of a Novel Test Method to Assess Hydrophobicity Transfer of Naturally Aged Composite Insulators

Peter Sidenvall¹, Johan Lundengård¹, Igor Gutman¹, Luis Diaz², André Deckwerth³, Kjell Halsan⁴, Mikko Jalonen⁵, Fabian Lehretz⁶, Michael Leonardsberger⁷, Lars Rasmussen⁸, Pablo Rodriguez⁹, Thomas Schiml¹⁰, Kübranur Varli¹¹, Dan Windmar¹²

1: Independent Insulation Group, Sweden; 2: RTE, France; 3: 50hertz, Germany; 4: Statnett, Norway; 5: Fingrid, Finland; 6: TenneT, Germany; 7: APG, Austria; 8: Energinet, Denmark; 9: Red Eléctrica, Spain; 10: E.ON, Germany; 11: Amprion, Germany; 12: Svk, Sweden

New implementation of 500kV lines on the South African network

Sanjay Narain, Kaveer Ramharak, Amish Roopnarain, Raeesa Khan

NTCSA, South Africa

Methodology of Risk Assessment of Important Overhead Lines

Jialun yang¹, Bin LIU¹, Songyuan Cao², Jian Wang¹, Kuanjun Zhu¹

1: State Grid Eelectric Power Engineering Research Institute, China, People's Republic of China; 2: Anhui Electric Power Company Limited, Hefei, Anhui, China

Assessment of damage, lead time and costs for rebuilding distribution systems as part of a risk analysis in the event of a major ice storm

Nathalie Benoit

Hydro-Québec, Canada

Sustainable solutions for ground-line decay prevention in wooden utility poles

Richard George

Polesaver, United Kingdom

Development of precast materials for power transmission towers

So Kato¹, Yoshinori Aoki¹, Keisuke Fujishima¹, Takanori Seki¹, Kenta Takahashi¹, Kento Fujii¹, Hiroshi Saito², Seishi Numakura², Hiroyuki Yokoyama², Keisuke Takemori³, Yoshifumi Niino³

1: Tohoku Electric Power Network co., inc., Japan; 2: Tohoku Pole Co., Ltd., Japan; 3: Nippon Hume Corp, Japan

From Weakness to Strength - Innovating Soil Strength and Corrosion Solutions for Renewable Energy infrastructure in creek salt pan area

Bimlesh Kumar Renu, Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, Nitesh Kumar SINHA, Raj Kumar Singh, Abhay Kumar, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India

Innovative Solutions for the Refurbishment of Grillage Foundation while the Transmission Line is Loaded

Gino Pillay, Siyabonga Dubazana, Bharat Haridass, Chandresh Juggernath

Nation Transmission Company South Africa, South Africa

Advance Design Solution for Transmission Tower Foundations on Steep Slopes

Pankaj Kumar Dwivedi, Karanvir Singh PUNDIR, Abhay Kumar, Vamsi Rama Mohan BURRA

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, India

Emergency Interventions for Transmission Tower Stability: The Tamsa River Challenge

PANKAJ KUMAR RAI, Yugesh Kumar Dixit, Mrityunjaya Choubey

POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED, India