National Grid installs pioneering power flow tech to ease network bottlenecks

Cecilia Keating
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Deployment of SmartValve technology at three substations in England is first large scale use of power flow technology on a transmission network

An innovative technology is being integrated into Britain's electricity grid that could unlock an extra 1.5GW of capacity by automatically routing power through the best available circuits. National...

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