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Our company was founded to develop, certify and deploy advanced technologies that electric utilities could use to improve the efficiency, capacity, reliability and resiliency of the electric power grid, worldwide. To date, more than 250 utilities have selected ACCC® Conductor for more than 1,000 projects in 60 countries. Our primary product is high-capacity, low-sag (“HCLS / HTLS”) CTC Global ACCC Conductor solutions. ACCC® is a registered trademark of CTC Global.

CTC Global is a privately held Delaware Corporation headquartered in Irvine, California midway between Los Angeles and San Diego. We are located about one mile east of the Orange County John Wayne (SNA) airport, less than ten miles from the Pacific Ocean and Newport Beach. CTC Global (formerly CTC Cable, a subsidiary of Composite Technology Corporation), was privatized in 2011. CTC Global’s staff began the development of the high-capacity, low-sag ACCC® Conductor in early 2003. CTC Global subsequently moved from our early R&D facility and offices into our current Irvine headquarters and manufacturing center in 2004. The ACCC Conductor was commercialized in 2005 and we received ISO certification in 2006.

CTC Global’s 250,000 square foot campus in Irvine, California houses its corporate offices, business development team managers, product engineering and R&D staff, application engineers, procurement and production teams and quality assurance staff. In addition to producing the CTC Global ACCC Conductor’s hybrid carbon and glass fiber ACCC Core, CTC Global also produces a number of components used in various connectors such as dead-ends and splices.

CTC Global also manufactures its own production equipment and tooling as well as test fixtures and other components. We have a mechanical test lab, a quality control test lab, a separate chemistry lab and accelerated and long term test fixtures and other quality assurance and quality control devices.

CTC Global ACCC Conductor solutions can double transmission capacity

The ACCC Conductor utilizes a hybrid carbon and glass fiber composite core that offers greater strength and lighter weight compared to other structural core types. CTC Global’s lighter weight composite core also enables the CTC Global ACCC Conductor to incorporate up to 30 percent more aluminum without a weight or diameter penalty (using compact trapezoidal strands). The added aluminum content serves to reduce electrical resistance and line losses by 25 to 40 percent or more compared to other conductors of the same size. The ACCC Conductor’s hybrid composite core also reduces thermal sag that limits the current carrying capacity of other conductor types. CTC Global ACCC Conductor currently offers the best overall performance compared to any other conductor on the market today.

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CTC Global Joins Industry Leaders at Enlit 2023

CTC Global was proud to be a returning exhibitor at Enlit Africa 2023, a premier event in Cape Town, South Africa.   Enlit Africa is a...

Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources FERC Oversight Hearing Discusses Reconductoring

Reconductoring with Advanced Conductors and other Grid Enhancing Technologies ("GET's") was a topic of exchange (on May 4th, 2023) at the...

Coalition asks U.S. Congress to Support High-Capacity Transmission

A letter signed by a multi-sector coalition including CTC Global and over 40 other clean energy organizations, environmental groups,...

U.S. Senate Committee Discusses Reconductoring

During a recent hearing at the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources to discuss U.S. Department of Energy activities, Senator Martin...

ACCC® Conductor is Combatting Climate Change

ACCC® Conductor line loss reductions are currently saving ~10,400,577 MWh per year. At the international average of 0.925 pounds of CO2...

PLN Team Visits CTC Global’s Headquarters

Earlier this month, CTC Global was delighted to host a number of team members from PLN for a wide range of training sessions, discussions...

CTC Global Participates at TechAdvantage 2023

CTC Global participated at another very successful TechAdvantage® Experience in Nashville, Tennessee March 6-8. TechAdvantage is the...

You Have Choices. Why Choose CTC Global?

Since 2003, CTC Global has focused on developing the world’s most advanced bare overhead conductors, ancillary components, and...

Imagination Electrified

Twenty years ago, CTC Global developed an idea that would revolutionize electric power delivery and improve the quality of life for...

Reconductoring with Advanced Conductors Broadly Discussed at NARUC Meeting

CTC Global actively participated and co-sponsored the NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners) 2023 Winter Policy...
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