Sentences with phrase «lower voltage power lines»

The power grids in the U.S. — there are actually three of them — are enormously complex, but they're traditionally based on a simple idea: Electricity moves in one direction, from a power plant to homes along high voltage transmission lines and lower voltage power lines that distribute electricity to individual homes and neighborhoods.

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Puerto Ricans are now desperately trying to connect the main power arteries to individual homes, and some have resorted to their own makeshift repairs, mounting their own utility poles and stringing up low - voltage transmission lines.

The lower map shows existing high - voltage lines capable of transporting wind - generated power in red; lines needed to meet the 2030 goal for renewable energy, according to the American Electric Power / American Wind Energy Association plan, are shown in gpower in red; lines needed to meet the 2030 goal for renewable energy, according to the American Electric Power / American Wind Energy Association plan, are shown in gPower / American Wind Energy Association plan, are shown in green.

Lowering prices, but at a cost Older wind turbines typically have not been equipped or designed to support voltage levels on power lines, a critical stability factor, and weren't required to provide that service.

The situation is complicated in a state such as South Australia where the power supply system is split between a number of more - or-less independent businesses; there are the power generators, the company that runs the high voltage long distance transmission lines, the company that runs the medium to low voltage distribution lines, and the power retailers.

Step - down transformers lower the voltage of electricity coming from the transmission grid, and distribution lines take the power to your home or business.