THIS ARTICLE WE TOOK FROM A INTERNET PAGE. What is the extra high voltage (EHV) Transmission line? • Ed L answered 5 years ago Anything above 500 thousand volts is considered EHV. High Voltage Transmission lines are like freeways.. except T-Lines (As we like to refer to them) allow for the free flow of electrons...not cars and trucks. The electrons, nomatter where they were generated, can flow anywhere on a line and flow is more likely determined by needs than any other factor. Its generally thought that the higher the voltage...the lower the loss but there are many factors that play into loss. Weather, devices connected to the grid and the grid itself all contribute to loss in some way. EHV is taughted as the best method for moving renewable energy from where it is generated (remote parts of the midwest) to the populous coastal cities. Areas where many like to live and work. EHVs would be straight lines between generation and use often not contributing to the areas the lines must be strung across. One of the major problems with EHV lines is who will pay for them? Another is how do the property owners, whose property the lines must cross over, feel about the lines. They do not benefit from the lines... why should they allow the lines to intrude upon them. Some think these EHV lines contribute to cancers and other ailments. While this has not been proven why would a land owner want to take those risks if there is no direct benefit to them? Some naturalists and environmentalists might argue the lines are a blight to our beautiful landscapes but in most cases new designes are aesthetic and regulations limit the risks to the environment. Most ignore the fact that we are introducing a renewable non-poluting energy source and just choose to focus on the negative. Fact is...when all the non-renwable energy sources are gone...we would be in bad shape...were it not for our continued investment in generating and moving the renewable energy to where it is needed. Activities taking place now may prevent disasters from occuring on down the line...forgive the pun. We need renewable energy, EHV lines and continued investment and planning. Nuclear, while scary, should be replacing coal fire plants. The safety for all aspects of nuclear energy from mining uranium to refining to producing power to recycling waste and finally to disposal is MUCH safer today and has no worse a potential for disaster than does the activities related to coal or even natural gas energy production. Smaller Nuclear plants and a reliable waste storage facility need to move forward aggresively along side of renewable sources. Source: I am a database administrator for a nationally recognized midwest high voltage transmission company whose main focus is on keeping energy flowing and customers (especially the consumer and land owners whose properties our lines cross over) informed and happy with the reliability of our lines and the way we do business.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:40:50 +0000
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