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Emergency Restoration System (ERS)

ERS are ultra-light modular aluminum structures that can be used to overcome quite a few challenges: Generally, when electrical transmission is interrupted because one or several transmission towers are damaged, there is a high economical cost for the utility company (i.e. penalties for every day of non-transmission). However, there are also high political and social costs to such a situation.

This represents an opportunity for a quick and efficient solution to temporarily replace damaged towers, until the utility company can remove the damaged tower, build a new foundation, transport the new tower to the site and install it. This process can take as little as 3 or 4 weeks (tower in stock, 24h shifts, efficient teams) or as long as 10 or 12 weeks. By using ERS, the transmission towers can be replaced in just a few hours by creating a by-pass and power transmission will be resumed much faster than with the traditional methods. When the new transmission tower is installed, the ERS towers can be removed as quickly as they were installed and put back in a container until the next use.