PB-led study to boost remote wind farm potential

A ground-breaking study by a Parsons Brinckerhoff-led consortium, concludes that, under certain circumstances, electrical power lines can carry more than double the amount of electrical energy that their current 'static' rating suggests. The report, which received government funding under the Technology Strategy Board programme, has major implications for the wind power industry and particularly wind farms in remote rural locations, where the existing infrastructure is often the limiting factor to the capacity of generation that can be economically connected.

• PB news release