Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2018 | Page 70

CTC GLOBAL
CTC Global helps commuinities access reliable energy supplies carry higher levels of current , it also reduces electrical resistance and line losses by 25 % to 40 % or more .
Improving access to reliable , cost-effective energy “ Our primary goal is to help more people get access to higher quality , more reliable , and less expensive electricity ,” Bryant says . “ There are still tens of millions of people that don ’ t have access to electricity at all and so enhancing the capacity of the grid is really about reducing congestion costs and offering reliable , cleaner electricity at a lower cost to customers .
“ In the United States , line losses are generally considered to be between 3 % and 5 % on a typical transmission line whereas , in countries like India , the technical or system losses are as high as 22 % or 23 %,” adds Bryant . “ Therefore , enhancing the
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