Elpress secures power supply

Society’s demands for security in electrical distribution increases. The power companies investing in burying their electrical cables get rewarded for their efforts when the autumn storm strikes.

Demands for secure power supply

As extreme weather conditions appear ever more often, society’s demands for security in electrical distribution increases. Extensive new construction is under way, at the same time as older above-ground power lines are being dug down below earth’s surface to be protected from the weather, and the quality requirements on the electrical connections at the plants and installations have increased markedly.

For a comparatively small portion of the total investment cost, a strong and safe connection can be secured using the electrical connection systems Mechatronics’ company Elpress offers. The system encompasses delivery of cable terminals and compression tools that provide a mechanically and electrically strong union with a long life.

Buried electrical cables cope with the autumn storm

The power companies that invested in burying their electrical cables got rewarded for their efforts when the first autumn storm struck this year.

The power company Eon has already buried approximately 9,000 km of power lines and plans to bury a total of 17,000 km of the company’s power distribution system in the ground in order to eliminate damage from trees felled by storms.   

"It is going to cost SEK 12 Billion by the time everything is finished, but it is worth it since the customers will be happier", said Jesper Aspegren, Eon’s Press Officer in Dagens Industri on 10 October.

When the first autumn storm passed over Scandinavia with hurricane force winds, Eon saw the clear result of its investment. Those areas that often went without power previously, now coped wonderfully and the repair work could be concentrated on less affected areas instead where it is also easier to repair the network.