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I used the image with the caption: "General layout of electricity networks. Voltages and depictions of electrical lines are typical for Germany and other European systems." for some academic work in Germany and my professor noted the caption 'Low Voltage (50kV)' this is too high generally for low voltage. He has advised me that Low voltage is less that 1kV, and Medium Voltage is between 1 and 60kV. Thus on my version of the diagram I have changed the image to read Low / Medium Voltage (<60kV). I was not able to attach the image without an account. Sorry. Nathan K. www.madteckhead.com
Iceland is not part of the Nordic grid, could someone please update the image? Source (page 14) https://web.archive.org/web/20101126051717/http://www.kkv.se/upload/Filer/Trycksaker/Rapporter/nordiska/Capacity_for_competition.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.24.196.21 ( talk) 14:28, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Is it not an AC network that all operates at the same frequency and all in phase ?
or is the essential characteristic the graph-like structure (rather than tree) with redundant connections ?
Article says UK had a synchronised AC national grid in 1938.
National Grid (Great Britain) says regional grids in 1933.
Smart grid#Historical development of the electricity grid says 1886 (first? use of transformers in AC transmission in Great Barrington)
- or is it a network that can accept power from non-adjacent generators ~ 1915 ?
Did the term originate in UK or USA ? (the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926, calls for a "national gridiron" ) -
Rod57 (
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01:32, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
The article contains banners (dated to 2009!) saying that the content should be "harmonized with text in Electric power distribution". That would be good but raises the question "what is the difference between "the grid" and electric power distribution and an interconnection (aka wide area synchronous grid). I propose that content in this article that's not in electric power distribution be moved there, and the rest (which wouldn't be much) be merged with wide area synchronous grid. -- Cornellier ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
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It would be informative to produce a map or series of maps showing the extent of public power grids. This is mostly interesting to show where power grids don't go and where there are interconnection boundaries between grids. -- Beland ( talk) 07:13, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
To mitigate overlap and confusion over the many related articles, I propose this content organization:
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
MichaelNhy (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by BartonRei ( talk) 16:11, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2023-04-08 Chidgk1 ( talk) 06:26, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
While I think this is a great image that gives a nice overview of electrical grids at a glance, I found it was unclear as to which parts were consuming power and which parts were generating it. Of course, one can infer this with common sense, obviously a power plant generates electricity, and residential neighborhoods consume it (minus the wind and solar they might generate).
But I don't think you should have to infer anything or assume common sense in a Wiki article. So, I think it would be a great idea to amend the image to include symbols for each item to indicate whether it consumes or generates. Something simple like an arrow maybe. Or a plus sign. Or just the word "generator" or "consumer".
I was going to add this as a reply to the original talk page about this image. But it hasn't been active since 2010, aside from an irrelevant reply. So, I figured this would be seen more here. 2607:FEA8:99E0:61D0:91AA:C76C:D65:FBE ( talk) 15:14, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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I used the image with the caption: "General layout of electricity networks. Voltages and depictions of electrical lines are typical for Germany and other European systems." for some academic work in Germany and my professor noted the caption 'Low Voltage (50kV)' this is too high generally for low voltage. He has advised me that Low voltage is less that 1kV, and Medium Voltage is between 1 and 60kV. Thus on my version of the diagram I have changed the image to read Low / Medium Voltage (<60kV). I was not able to attach the image without an account. Sorry. Nathan K. www.madteckhead.com
Iceland is not part of the Nordic grid, could someone please update the image? Source (page 14) https://web.archive.org/web/20101126051717/http://www.kkv.se/upload/Filer/Trycksaker/Rapporter/nordiska/Capacity_for_competition.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.24.196.21 ( talk) 14:28, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Is it not an AC network that all operates at the same frequency and all in phase ?
or is the essential characteristic the graph-like structure (rather than tree) with redundant connections ?
Article says UK had a synchronised AC national grid in 1938.
National Grid (Great Britain) says regional grids in 1933.
Smart grid#Historical development of the electricity grid says 1886 (first? use of transformers in AC transmission in Great Barrington)
- or is it a network that can accept power from non-adjacent generators ~ 1915 ?
Did the term originate in UK or USA ? (the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926, calls for a "national gridiron" ) -
Rod57 (
talk)
01:32, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
The article contains banners (dated to 2009!) saying that the content should be "harmonized with text in Electric power distribution". That would be good but raises the question "what is the difference between "the grid" and electric power distribution and an interconnection (aka wide area synchronous grid). I propose that content in this article that's not in electric power distribution be moved there, and the rest (which wouldn't be much) be merged with wide area synchronous grid. -- Cornellier ( talk) 21:11, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
![]() | It is requested that a global map or maps be included in this article to improve its quality. |
It would be informative to produce a map or series of maps showing the extent of public power grids. This is mostly interesting to show where power grids don't go and where there are interconnection boundaries between grids. -- Beland ( talk) 07:13, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
To mitigate overlap and confusion over the many related articles, I propose this content organization:
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 September 2022 and 8 December 2022. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
MichaelNhy (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by BartonRei ( talk) 16:11, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2023-04-08 Chidgk1 ( talk) 06:26, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
While I think this is a great image that gives a nice overview of electrical grids at a glance, I found it was unclear as to which parts were consuming power and which parts were generating it. Of course, one can infer this with common sense, obviously a power plant generates electricity, and residential neighborhoods consume it (minus the wind and solar they might generate).
But I don't think you should have to infer anything or assume common sense in a Wiki article. So, I think it would be a great idea to amend the image to include symbols for each item to indicate whether it consumes or generates. Something simple like an arrow maybe. Or a plus sign. Or just the word "generator" or "consumer".
I was going to add this as a reply to the original talk page about this image. But it hasn't been active since 2010, aside from an irrelevant reply. So, I figured this would be seen more here. 2607:FEA8:99E0:61D0:91AA:C76C:D65:FBE ( talk) 15:14, 3 July 2023 (UTC)