High-voltage power lines in the United States will soon be monitored by “magic balls” from Norway.

’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: ‘Unrivaled quality at scale’::High-voltage power lines in the United States will soon be monitored by “magic balls” from Norway.

  • Delta_V@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    6 months ago

    The spheres measure line temperature, current, and other key metrics. . . . “We now know exactly how much spare capacity that is available in the line, and how much power we could potentially send through the network,” Bjørnvold said in the press release.

    Kinda surprised that capability wasn’t built into the grid by default.

    • ugjka@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      Most likely brand new lines have that functionality but 90% of grid is very old