Climate mitigation policies in Europe call for an extensive build-up of renewable power, which will increase from 320 GW in 2012 to 536 GW by 2020. The renewable expansion will mainly consist of the installation of new wind and solar power plants, which require additional transmission lines....

Electrical grid systems are required as a consequence of energy not being produced in the same place as it is consumed, and they are a key element of our energy systems. Transmission and distribution assets comprised of power lines, cables, transformers, substations and other electrical...