Live Line Installation of OPGW - efficient and safe
Live Line Installation – the benefits at a glance
As a result of the growing infeed of energy to the grid by decentralized generators, more and more energy has to be transported over long distances to the distribution grids. For these central grid segments, stand by transmission routes are often not available.
Therefore it is becoming increasingly difficult and sometimes impossible for TSOs to shut off line segments for installation measures to improve the communication infrastructure.
The Siemens Live Line Installation process makes it possible to perform such installations or repairs on energized power lines and can be used for the following purposes:
- To replace the ground wire with an optical ground wire, in order to provide broadband communication even to smaller substations
- Additional installation of a second optical ground wire below the top of the tower, on especially communication intensive segments
- To replace an obsolete or defective optical ground wire