CTC Global Newsletter Archives
February 2023
Why Choose CTC Global; Critical European ACCC Interconnector Energized; NASO: NARUC, Elecrama
January 2023
CTC Global Celebrates 20 years of Success; InfoCore Update; PGCB Completes Padma River Crossing
December 2022
118 ACCC Installations Completed this year; Dashiell Completes ACCC Project in Texas; CTC & ENICAB Announce Partnership
November 2022
WIRES Panel Session; 220 kV ACCC Case Study; NARUC Meeting; 175 ACCC® Conductor Installations Underway / In the Queue!
October 2022
CTC Global participates at NASEO Conference; CTC Global offers exceptional installation support; Grid Forward Conference
September 2022
ACCC Conductor helps achieve Sustainability Goals, PLN Completes ACCC Installation in Bali, Have you used ACCC Conductor?
August 2022
CTC Global at Cigre; IRA signed into Law; Ande Completes New ACCC Transmission Projects in Paraguay
July 2022
Grid Decarbonization & Modernization; US Grid Efficiency; House Passes Resiliency Act; KEPCO Reconductor Project
June 2022
US Infrastructure Bill; SCE Uses ACCC for Rebuild Project; CTC Global Lab Receives ISO/IEC Accreditation
May 2022
CTC Global Opens 4th Core Manufacturing Plant; ACCC Presented at Netzbau Conference; GED Completes 5th 33 kV Project
April 2022
IEEE Conference and Exposition; Grid Forward Conference; SCE Completes 66 kV ACCC Reconductor Project in California
March 2022
Grid Strategies Report; Advanced Grid Technologies; Pakistan Cables Delivers ACCC to MEPCO
February 2022
NARUC Meeting; PGCB Completes ACCC Installation in Jamalpur, Bangladesh
January 2022
Grid Decarbonization; Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; SCE Completes ACCC Installation
December 2021
Happy New Year
November 2021
T&D World ACCC Case Studies; PGCB Major Story; Important US Policy Update
October 2021
Role of ACCC in Decarbonization of the Grid; TenneT ACCC Reconductoring Project; ACCC Hardware is Key to Grid Reliability
September 2021
CTC Global is your #1 Solution Provider; InfoCore System – Confidence Verified; 138 kV ACCC Reconductor Project in the U.S.
August 2021
Importance of ASTM B-987; Reduce wildfire risk; Bhutan Power Corporation
July 2021
Montana PSC Opens Efficiency Docket; ACCC Installation in Viet Nam; ACCC Installation in Sumatra
June 2021
ACCC & Sustainability; Enmax Completes ACCC Installation in Canada; PSTCL Completes Installation in Punjab; Line Upgrade in Luxembourg with ACCC InfoCore System
May 2021
Sustainability Goals; Elia Continues to Deploy ACCC InfoCore System; ENEL Completes ACCC Upgrade; ETED Installs ACCC Conductor in Dominican Republic
April 2021
ACCC Conductor Selected for More Than 1,000 Projects; Cubico Upgrades Solem II Solar PV Tie Line; ACCC Selected for New Line Projects
March 2021
Tatarstan ACCC Upgrade in Russia; PGCB Completes 400 kV Installation in Bangladesh; NEA Completes 2nd ACCC Installation in Nepal
February 2021
EDP Completes 7th ACCC Installation; SSE Wins Project of the Year Award; ACCC Conductor Making a Smart Grid Smarter
January 2021
1st ACCC Project completed in Nepal; SCE upgrades Big Creek Corridor; ACCC Combats climate change
December 2020
NEPCO Installs ACCC in Jordan; Taipower installs ACCC in Taiwan; William Allen Becomes Newest ACCC Master Installer
November 2020
Gupta Completes Project for OPTCL; Pampa Energia Completes ACCC Reconductoring Project; Brookfield Long Span
October 2020
California Energy Summit; ACCC Conductor Installed by NTP Vietnam; COPEL Begins ACCC Installation in Brazil
September 2020
Energy Efficient Conductors; EDP Completes 5th ACCC Installation; Bihar State Power Upgrades Grid with ACCC
August 2020
ASTM Update; ACCC Saves Water; Lake Crossing in Montenegro; New ACCC Project Completed in Vietnam
July 2020
ENEL Completes Five Projects in Brazil; Delhi Transco Upgrades 1/3 of its Grid with ACCC Conductor
June 2020
FERC Update; 1st ACCC AZR Installation in Europe: New 500 kV ACCC Line Crosses Over Great Wall
May 2020
APS Completes 1st ACCC Installation; SCE and NV Energy Projects Continue; Change can be good
April 2020
First Commercial ACCC Conductor Deployment in South Korea; Vietnam Completes Another ACCC Installation
March 2020
CTC Global Launches ACCC InfoCore™ System; Elia Installs ACCC InfoCore™ Conductor
February 2020
Sterlite Completes 400 kV ACCC River Crossing; Jordan National Completes 132 kV ACCC Upgrade; CTC at ERCOT, NASEO & NARUC Meetings
January 2020
PLN Completes 500 kV Quad Bundled ACCC Installation in West Java; SA Power Networks Completes 2nd ACCC Installation in Australia
December 2019
MPPTCL Completes 1st ACCC Installation; PGCB Completes 2 ACCC Installations; ACCC Combats Climate Change; SCE Leverages ACCC Conductor
November 2019
TenneT Selects ACCC AZR Conductor for Project in Netherlands; ETESA Completes 230 kV ACCC Project in Panama: SCE&G Wins SEE Award
October 2019
National Grid Vietnam ACCC Upgrade; PGCB Bangladesh Completes ACCC Greenfield Project; CFE Completes Gen Tie Line
September 2019
NASEO Meeting; Corporate Values; 230 kV Project Completed in Bangladesh; Shandong Grid Completes New 500 kV Line
August 2019
Buffalo City (SA) Completes 1st ACCC® Conductor installation; PLN Completes Key Line; ACEG Files Joint Submission with FERC
July 2019
TNB Begins 230 kV ACCC® Conductor Upgrade; Iberdrola Completes ACCC Conductor Installation for CFE Mexico; ACCC Conductor Combats Corrosion
June 2019
APAR Completes 3rd Important Project in N.E. India; Naturgy Energy Completes Project in Spain; NASEO Meetings; ACCC® Conductor Presented at UK Networks Conference
May 2019
ACCC® conductor discussed at Cigre Brazil; CCI plans expansion; Australia considers line losses in renewable projects – CTC offers potential ACCC solution
April 2019
PLN Completes another 500 kV bundled ACCC® conductor installation in Indonesia; CTC supports WIRES; Germany conference
March 2019
PGCB Completes 14th ACCC® Conductor Installation in Bangladesh; Pakistan Cable Completes 2nd ACCC Installation in Pakistan; CTC Participates at Transmission Summit East
February 2019
ETESA Begins Double Circuit 84.5 kilometer Installation in Panama; CTC Global Participates at ERCOT Market Summit
January 2019
PGCB Completes 10th ACCC® Installation in Bangladesh; PLN Starts 2nd 500 kV ACCC Upgrade; ACCC Utilization Grows in the UK
December 2018
Happy New Year; ISA CTEEP completes another successful ACCC® Conductor Installation in Brazil
November 2018
ACCC Conductor Installed in Serbia, How ACCC® can Improve Grid Reliability, CTC Global at NARUC
October 2018
CTC Among Top 10 Solution Providers; New Conductor Comparison Software; Gupta Joins CTC Global
September 2018
CTC Introduces ACCC® AZR for heavy ice loads; PGCB completes 3rd major project
August 2018
500 kV ACCC® Upgrade Indonesia; EPRI Electrification Conference; ACCC Long Span Performance
July 2018
Minnesota Grid Policy Summit; CEZ Romania; AEP Completes Grid Hardening ACCC® Project
June 2018
SCE Completes 1st ACCC® Installation Palm Springs; YPF Completes Wind Far Tie Line with ACCC
May 2018
AEP Completes 15th ACCC Installation; CTC & IMSA Host Workshop; CTC Attends African Utility Week
April 2018
SC&E River Crossing; 1st ACCC project in Jharkhand India; Endesa Spain; Vietnam Visit; IEEE Denver
March 2018
PGCB continues to deploy ACCC; CTC participates at Trans Summit East, Energy Day Jakarta, ERCOT summit
February 2018
Apar completes several projects in India; Kahramaa completes 1st circuit in Qatar; NARUC summit, ACCC vs. ACSS
January 2018
Grid Resilence; ACCC now deployed to over 50 countries; SA Power Networks completes 1st ACCC Installation in Australia
December 2017
New ACCC Projects in Bangladesh, Pakistan & Kazakstan
November 2017
Hops completes installationin Croatia; Irkutsk completes installation in Siberia; CTC opens new core production facility in Indonesia; CTC wins patent infringement lawsuit against Mercury
October 2017
ETESA Completes New 230 kV ACCC Transmission Line in Panama
September 2017
Gulf Coast Storm Update, EDP completes 4th ACCC Installation in Portugal, Qatar starts 2nd ACCC project
August 2017
CFE and ANDE Complete ACCC Installations in Mexico & Paraguay
July 2017
New 50 Km ACCC installation completed in Malaysia; AEP completes 11th ACCC project; Brookfield Renewables completes ACCC installation in Tennessee
June 2017
Why over 500 Transmission Engineers have found ACCC® conductor to have the BEST VALUE TO COST RATIO compared to all other conductor options
May 2017
First ACCC conductor installations completed in Croatia; CEMIG begins second phase of ACCC conductor installation in Brazil
April 2017
CTC Global Presents at Cigre Brazil; Learn how to assess the benefits of transmission investment
March 2017
CTC Global attends Frankfort Conference, welcomes Bangladesh Engineering Team
February 2017
CTC Global presents ACCC conductor at National Transmission Summit and NASEO Conference
January 2017
CTC Global to Speak at the National Electric Transmission Infrastructure Summit; EPRI Completes 1,500 Cycle Thermo-Mechanical Test
December 2016
ACCC Conductor Circles the Globe – CTC Global has received orders for more than 42,000 kilometers of ACCC conductor for nearly 475 projects in more than 40 countries. (The circumference of the earth is 40,075 kilometers.)
November 2016
CTC Global’s ACCC® Conductor Becomes the First Conductor in History to Receive 3rd Party Certification for Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emission Reductions
October 2016
How Panama and Belgium are building the most efficient power grids using ACCC
September 2016
Transmission Summit West, ACCC installation begins in Croatia, CTC welcomes T&D India
August 2016
Visit CTC Global at Cigre conference and exhibition in Paris
July 2016
19th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO + Policy Forum
June 2016
AEP wins 2016 Edison Award for largest ACCC installation – New ACCC line project begins in Malaysia
May 2016
SABIT Delegates Introduced to ACCC – CTC comments on DOE Quadrennial Energy Review
April 2016
CTC presents efficiency message to the World Resources Institute and Dentons – Sterlite completes 18th ACCC installation
March 2016
NARUC passes resolution supporting ACCC deployment – CTC Field Service Team meet for annual summit
February 2016
CTC’s CEO speaks about efficiency at Elecrama summit in India – CTC Global introduces factory tour video
January 2016
CFE completes 4th ACCC installation in Mexico – ACCC conductors improve the power grid
December 2015
ANDE completes 3rd ACCC installation in Paraguay – Torrent completes its 6th ACCC installation in India
November 2015
ACCC now reduces CO2 emissions by 12.2 million metric tons per year – Jim Clyde named VP of Business Development for the Americans
October 2015
140 km of ACCC conductor deployed to Costa Rica – CTC Emergency Response wins State Senate recognition
September 2015
ACCC conductor deployed in Mozambique – ACCC crosses one mile Zambezi River span
August 2015
CTC Global books it 350th ACCC order – MSETCL completes ACCC installation in Nagpur India
July 2015
Torrent Power completes 132 kV project in India – CTC Global upgrades CCP software program
June 2015
CTC Global’s customers complete ACCC survey – CTC Global introduces ULS high-modulus composite core
May 2015
CTC discusses the economic & environmental impact of power lines – Installation training completed in Costa Rica
April 2015
Viet Nam contractor completes hardware installation in the air – CTC Global introduces interactive project map
March 2015
OPTCL completes two projects in India – CTC Global names Anne McDowell Vice President of Commercial Operations
February 2015
PT PLN completes its 35th project in Indonesia – CTC explains a conductor’s thermal knee point
January 2015
Phase Two of ACCC installation completed in Siberia – CTC holds open house for IEEE PES members
December 2014
Tampa Electric completes ACCC installation in Florida – CTC Global offers free CCP design software
November 2014
Black Hills Power completes ACCC installation in South Dakota – ACCC ULS tested at Deadwater Fell test site under extreme ice load conditions and beats ACSR
October 2014
Phase one of ACCC transmission line upgrade completed in Russia – CTC Global supports Line Men training
September 2014
IMFA & OPTCL complete ACCC installation in India – CTC participates in Cigre Grid of the Future Conference in Houston
August 2014
ACCC installation completed in Mexicali, Mexico – CTC participates at Cigre Paris conference & expo
July 2014
CTC explains evolution of conductors – CTC Global joins WIRES group
June 2014
CTC Global explains economic impact of line loss reductions using ACCC – Why over 100 utilities have chosen ACCC conductor
May 2014
ACCC installation nears completion in Brazil – CTC Global introduces new training videos
April 2014
Duke Energy completes ACCC installation in Florida – Jim Lehan NV Energy discusses his experience using ACCC on video
March 2014
MSETCL completes 1st ACCC installation – CTC Global exhibits and presents at IEEE T&D conference in Chicago
February 2014
CTC Global describes UHV ACCC installations – ACCC discussed in T&D World magazine
January 2014
ACCC doubles the capacity of 230 kV line in Lousiana – CTC exhibts at Tech Advantage in Nashville
December 2013
CTC discusses how its customers successfully leverage ACCC conductor technology – CTC Global corporate overview presented
November 2013
ACCC installation completed in Odessa, Texas – Brattle Group submits paper to WIRES organization
October 2013
ACCC spans Lake Nzilo in Congo, Africa – CTC Global offers free ACCC Conductor Engineering Manual
September 2013
CTC Global completes 10 years of ACCC conductor testing – CTC participates at Cigre Grid of the Future conference in Boston
August 2013
CTC describes how ACCC reduces line losses by 25 to 40% or more – CTC explains advantages of carbon fiber composites
July 2013
ACCC selected for emergency repair of 533 kV DC line in Mozambique – Construction begins of new ACCC installation in Russia
June 2013
ACCC takes hard hit from EF5 tornado in Oklahoma – 13th ACCC installation completed in Poland
May 2013
ACCC installation completed in Vietnam – ACCC conductor installed in Riverside, California
April 2013
NV Energy completes 4th ACCC installation – CTC Global celebrates National Linemen Day
March 2013
EDP completes 2nd and 3rd ACCC installations in Portugal – CTC Global’s Director of Technology presents at Grid Tech in India
February 2013
Chilectra completes 8th ACCC installation in Chile – CTC Global exhibits at Tech Advantage in New Orleans
January 2013
Novosibirsk Energy installs first ACCC line in Russia – CTC Global wishes Sid Gauna a happy retirement
December 2012
ACCC conductor installed in Qatar – CTC Global prepares presentation for IEEE PES conference in Memphis
November 2012
ACCC conductor survives Super Storm Saomai just days after installation completed – CTC prepares for Smart Grid Summit in Berlin
October 2012
CTC Global describes how ACCC conductor is key to smart grid development – CTC completes its 220th project
September 2012
CTC Global describes how aerospace technology is improving the grid – CTC presents at Cigre Grid of the Future in Kansas City
August 2012
AEP orders 1,665 miles of ACCC for live line 345 kV reconductor project in Texas – Torrent Power energizes 1st ACCC transmission line in India
July 2012
City Power completes four live line ACCC reconductor projects in Johannesburg – CTC discusses the economics of efficiency
June 2012
CTC Cable goes Global: New company name reflects substantial growth – ACCC conductor survives fire storm in Nevada
