ROSSETI CENTRE IDGC of Centre continues to implement its own innovation development in the regions of its service area - steel multifaceted poles. Following the Lipetsk branch of the company, they are now being tested by "Orelenergo". According to experts, the use of new poles allows to reduce the probability of technological failures on overhead lines, optimize operating costs and as a result increase the reliability of electricity supply to consumers.
Steel multi-faceted poles are one of the recent developments of IDGC of Centre: the company received the patent in February 2014. Compared with conventional concrete and wooden poles, they are far more reliable and durable (lifetime of steel poles is about 50 years, concrete - 36, wooden - 25), and compact, especially being in demand in areas of dense residential development. In practice, this development was first tested in the Lipetsk region, wherewith its application a section of overhead lines was constructed in the Lipetsk region, and proved to be successful.
After that it began to be applied in the Orel region. The first 130 steel poles were installed during the reconstruction of a 0.4 kV power line in the settlement of Khardikovo in the Orel region. In total the power engineers reconstructed 4.33 km of power lines. The first experience of the use of new poles in the branch found to be effective. "Their design features allow for quick and easy installation, make it possible to increase the length of spans of power lines, without compromising the technical characteristics of the line, which significantly reduces the costs for construction of overhead power lines and operating costs for grid connection. In addition, the design of steel poles makes them inaccessible to vandals and thieves of power equipment," stresses First Deputy Director - Chief Engineer of IDGC of Centre - Orelenergo division Igor Kolubanov.
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