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 Railway Power Lines – The Art of Keeping Them Straight

While traveling on a train, you may have seen these weights hanging near the poles and a strange cable connection near them. What is it exactly? Why not use a simple layout of conductive cables as in the normal electricity transmission system? Let's find out the details of automatic tensioning devices.
Between Union-Prilly and Lausanne-Flon, the railway installations are in place. Jean-Baptiste Picard, railway technical project manager for the LEB tunnel, explains the main stages in progress to build the track.
Launched in 2008, the France-Spain interconnection project doubles the electricity exchange capacities between the two countries. This interconnection symbolizes the three pillars of the European energy policy: the security of electricity supply in Europe, the fight against climate change and the development of the European electricity market to benefit from ever more electricity. competitive.

RTE is the operator of the French Electricity Transmission Network.
Its role goes well beyond what the transmission of electricity evokes. Storing only in limited volumes, electricity must be consumed as soon as it is produced. At the heart of the electrical system, this role gives us first-rate missions:

- Provide everyone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, in France and in Europe, with access to an economical, safe and clean power supply;
- Make a success of the energy transition by welcoming renewable energies and optimizing their contribution, while clarifying public decisions;
- Promote the development of the industrial fabric of the territories and participate in the competitiveness of French companies.

 Railway Power Lines – The Art of Keeping Them Straight

While traveling on a train, you may have seen these weights hanging near the poles and a strange cable connection near them. What is it exactly? Why not use a simple layout of conductive cables as in the normal electricity transmission system? Let's find out the details of automatic tensioning devices.
Between Union-Prilly and Lausanne-Flon, the railway installations are in place. Jean-Baptiste Picard, railway technical project manager for the LEB tunnel, explains the main stages in progress to build the track.
Launched in 2008, the France-Spain interconnection project doubles the electricity exchange capacities between the two countries. This interconnection symbolizes the three pillars of the European energy policy: the security of electricity supply in Europe, the fight against climate change and the development of the European electricity market to benefit from ever more electricity. competitive.

RTE is the operator of the French Electricity Transmission Network.
Its role goes well beyond what the transmission of electricity evokes. Storing only in limited volumes, electricity must be consumed as soon as it is produced. At the heart of the electrical system, this role gives us first-rate missions:

- Provide everyone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, in France and in Europe, with access to an economical, safe and clean power supply;
- Make a success of the energy transition by welcoming renewable energies and optimizing their contribution, while clarifying public decisions;
- Promote the development of the industrial fabric of the territories and participate in the competitiveness of French companies.