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5/15/2012 - Siberian Utility Doubles Capacity with ACCR (PDF, 28KB)
Irkutsk Electronetwork Co. upgrades transmission line in one of Siberia's largest cities, Irkutsk, doubling transmission to the city's central district while avoiding tower construction.

2/08/2012 - Texas' Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) becomes the first rural electric cooperative to install the 3M ACCR. (PDF, 29.5KB)
GVEC deployed the advanced conductor as the most economic solution to upgrade capacity of the 138 kV Schertz-Parkway line.

1/23/2012 - Advances in Conductor Technology (PDF, 608KB)
"Energy Today" describes how advances in conductor technology, like 3M ACCR, often make it possible to avoid environmental and community disruptions and logistical problems when upgrading transmission lines.