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power transmission grid

  1. An electrical supply distribution network that carries electricity from a power plant to the user. High-power transmission lines can carry electricity between local grids in order to balance supply and demand. Power is frequently sold by producers in one region of the country to a more distant region that may have a shortage.


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Notes

Engineers think of the entire North American continent as a single power transmission grid.
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Kyiv and Warsaw were discussing imports of electricity from Ukraine, which would support stability of Polish power system and allow Ukraine to benefit from synchronization of the power transmission grid with the European Union network.

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But the government's efforts to promote a switch to cleaner energy has been hindered because power generated from fossil fuels is cheaper and is therefore given priority on the power transmission grid.

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