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ACCC® News - September 2022
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Have You Considered How ACCC® Conductor Can Help Your Company Accelerate its Sustainability Goals?
These days, everyone has a lot on their plate – especially transmission engineers and planners. Lots to do, often with limited resources and support. The folks at the other end of the hall are equally busy trying to figure out how they can help your company reach its sustainability goals. The pressure is on and the clock is ticking. Fortunately, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) have been signed into law which will help provide funding and other incentives for utilities (big and small) to used Advanced Technologies like the ACCC® Conductor here in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Energy anticipates the capacity of the grid needs to increase by 60 percent by 2030 if we are to reach U.S. electrification and sustainability goals. The ACCC® Conductor can help you do both. It offers twice the capacity of legacy steel reinforced ACSR conductors with line loss reductions of ~30 percent under any load condition. To date, this is how ACCC® Benefits add up:
Line Loss Reductions of ACCC® Conductor currently installed:
Saves 6,856,599 MWh Every Year - Enough Electricity to Power 639,907 US Homes or Recharge 1,804,368 Electric Cars
Reduces CO2 Emission by 4,268,264 Metric Tons/year - The Equivalent of Removing 927,884 Cars (@4.6 MT/car/year)
Replaces 3,300 MW of Wind Generation (40% capacity factor)
Potentially Saves 82 Billion Gallons of Water/year (on average,12k gallons of clean filtered water is converted to steam at thermal power plants to generate one MWh of electricity)
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PLN Completes ACCC® Reconductor Project in Bali
Supported by PT PLN’s Project Management Center, Pusmanpro, and contractor PT Wisma Sarana Teknik, PLN completed another ACCC® Reconductor project in Bali. PLN selected Hamburg size ACCC® Conductor for their double circuit Pemecutan Kelod to Bandara 150 kV transmission line relocation project.
The ACCC® Conductor was manufactured by CTC Global’s authorized manufacturing partner KMI. Hardware for the project was manufactured by Dervaux S.A. using CTC Global’s patented collet design that has been proven at more than 1,100 projects, worldwide.
ACCC® Master Installers Pak Susanto from PT Dinamika Elektra Mandiri and Pak Dudung Certified Installation Supervisor from KMI were on site to support the impressive effort. Crews used Tesmec equipment to pull in the new ACCC® Conductor to integrate four new steel lattice structures. The project location, Pemecutan Kelod, is a province in the southern part of Bali Island a few kilometers north of the Ngurah Rai International Airport.
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Have You Ever Used ACCC® Conductors?
When asked “Have you ever used ACCC® Conductor?” Many engineers simply say “no” or “we are thinking about a pilot project." Maybe you have heard that "the stuff is hard to install.” CTC Global would like you to take a closer look. ACCC® Conductor has been installed successfully at over 1,100 projects in 64 countries in every imaginable environment from the deserts of Qatar to the jungles of Brazil to the Mountains of China. Sure, we have learned a few lessons but CTC Global brings that experience and know-how to every ACCC Installation. We have more than 50 highly experienced ACCC® Master Installers that stand ready to help you complete your most challenging installations successfully with proven methods that have been developed over 15 years!
For added peace of mind, CTC Global also offers the ACCC InfoCore® System that uses optical fibers embedded in the composite core to provide inspection capability. Using a sending unit and receiver, linemen with 15 minutes of training, can check the integrity of the composite core before, during and after installation. Using the InfoCore® System is not required, but CTC Global believes in innovation and bringing customers the best of what technology has to offer.
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55 Active ACCC® Installations Underway
+ 71 Scheduled to Start
Really? Yup. Why? Because the ACCC® Conductor delivers the best technical and economic solution for nearly any type or project in any environment. First, its the most highly tested and proven Advanced Conductor commercially available today. Second, Its manufactured by the most experienced 'long-length' pultrusion company in the world - strictly to ASTM B-987 Standards (with no excuses); Third, its benefits by far outweigh its slightly higher 'per meter' cost. And we can show you how. Please reach out via email to: info@ctcglobal.com
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Thank You to all of the Utilities and Crew Members that are Helping Restore Power to our Friends and Families in Puerto Rico, Florida and the South Eastern United States
CTC Global Celebrates Lineman Day every day of the year. Guys and Gals, many thanks for your outstanding efforts! We are wishing you and the people impacted by the hurricanes well. We hope you all get home safely and recover quickly.
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ACCC® ULS Conductor Offers Added Strength and Reduced Sag
First deployed on a 1.4 kilometer lake crossing in Africa in 2013, The ACCC® ULS Conductor offers greater strength, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and higher modulus of elasticity than the standard ACCC® Conductor core. The added strength and lighter weight can enable longer spans and the higher modulus and increased stiffness reduces sag and blow out during high wind conditions. Improved stiffness can also reduce sag under heavy ice load conditions.
Dozens of engineers have specified ACCC® ULS Conductor for projects, worldwide, and the ULS version of the ACCC® Conductor has served our clients well. The ACCC® ULS Conductor is available in many sizes and offers transmission engineers added design flexibility.
The ACCC® ULS Conductor can be ordered with Type 1350-O fully annealed aluminum or as an AZR version with Aluminum-Zirconium thermal resistant alloy for even higher overall conductor strength.
The photograph below shows a 1.6 km (~1 mile) river crossing in Mozambique completed by Bouygues. Watch Installation Video
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ACCC AZR Conductor – Expanding the Capabilities of the ACCC® Conductor Using Aluminum Zirconium Alloy to Combat Extreme Ice Loads
ACCC® AZR Conductor uses either the standard 310 ksi core or the higher strength 375 ksi core that is then wrapped with one or more layers of a high strength, thermal resistant aluminum-zirconium alloy. While conventional ACCC® Conductors typically use fully annealed aluminum to maximize conductivity, the ACCC AZR Conductor offers nearly the same efficiency, but far greater overall strength. The added strength and increased tensile modulus mitigates conductor sag under heavy wind or ice loads, or very long spans. To learn more visit www.ctcglobal.com
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CTC Global's Free Conductor Comparison Program CCP™ Software is Available Online
CTC Global is pleased to announce that our highly regarded Conductor Comparison Program (CCP™) software is now available online. The new web-based version has all the features found in the Excel version, which has been replaced and will no longer be supported. The new version is designed to make it easier to use, and it also has some new features. Having CCP online will make it easier to keep it up-to-date with new wire files and other data, and to add improvements as they are made. Users will always know they have the current version every time they log in. CCP is also compatible with tablets.
Registration to use CCP requires only a valid email address and password. Users may also use CCP as a guest however, saving and export features are only available to registered users.
Thank you for using our CCP. We welcome your feedback. For technical support, please contact ccphelp@ctcglobal.com
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Looking for ACCC® Conductor Hardware?
Check out our Supplier Parts Database
CTC Global added a new Hardware Supplier Parts Database to our website. The database will help you find all of the hardware components you need to install ACCC® Conductor. The database shows which hardware manufacturers offer the parts you might need in your particular region while offering many options.
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CTC Global proudly works with top-tier manufacturing partners worldwide |
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ACCC® Conductor is an internationally patented and trademark registered product of CTC Global Corporation. The ACCC® Conductor is manufactured in association with 35 qualified and licensed international stranding partners. If you are interested in the ACCC® Conductor, please contact CTC Global to make sure your supplier is authorized to produce and deliver ACCC® Conductor in your area. Thank You.
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CTC Global, Inc. 2026 McGaw Avenue Irvine,
CA 92614 Phone: +1 949.428.8500
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