Composite Utility Poles (Perspectives on Energy)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2023-06-17

Alternative to Wood, Steel and Concrete.  The host for this show is Guillermo Sabatier.  The guest is Brad Schmidt.  

Utility infrastructure has a ubiquitous component that is universally familiar: the utility pole.  For over a century, that asset has mostly consisted of wood, and in the more recent decades, steel and even concrete.  Now, we are seeing a new application of material sciences in the design, manufacturing and deployment of poles using a fiberglass-reinforced polymer pultrusion process. The advantages are many: asset longevity, impervious to wood root, chemically inert, lighter than steel, UV resistant, resilient to severe weather and storm wind conditions, no issue with salt ground water intrusion and rebar-related concrete cracking, no need to grow and cut trees and finally, quicker manufacturing time and turnaround.  Additionally, training requirements for utility personnel are minimal and the applications are at least the same as conventional utility poles.

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