In the case of electric power generation, costs can be kept down by locating the facility near electrical transmission lines to transmit the electricity to market.
Efficient electrical transmission meant in turn that electricity could be generated at centralised power stations, where it benefited from economies of scale, and then be despatched relatively long distances to where it was needed.
Direct current was the electrical transmission technology when Edison started rolling out electric wires in the 19th century.
[Page A1.] Blackout Traced to Electrical Line Analysts say they believe that the Aug. 14 power failure began when an electrical transmission line sagged into a tree just outside Cleveland.
One was a 563-km (350-mi) underwater electrical transmission cable off the east coast of the U.S. that would carry electricity from remote wind turbines to where it was needed.
His other scientific contributions include work on long-distance electrical transmission and resonant transmission lines.
Last year, there were widespread reports of looting of electrical transmission lines and military bases, among other things.
Those currents surge out of the ground and into the electrical transmission lines.
(Similar rulings have allowed cellphone towers and electrical transmission systems to be bundled into REITs).
