1. Current status of the French distribution network
1.1 Developments from 1996 to the present day
At the end of the Second World War, the imperative of reconstruction and development in a predominantly rural, sparsely populated country led to the construction of overhead power networks in rural and peri-urban areas, which were quicker and less costly to install than underground systems.
Subsequently, neither the voltage changes affecting medium and low voltage, nor the various policies for improving quality on a day-to-day basis, actually altered this approach to network design. It was not until considerable progress was made in cable design and trenching that this trend began to...
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Current status of the French distribution network
Websites
Public service contract between the French State and EDF http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/energie/electric/csp2005.htm
EDF distributor http://www.edfdistribution.fr see technical reference and environmental protection...
Regulations
Technical decree of May 17, 2001 setting the technical conditions to be met by electrical power distribution systems.
http://www.droit.org/jo/20010612/ECOI0100130A.html
And its version illustrated...
Standardization
NFC 11-201 of October 1996 (and its amendment A1 of December 2004) concerning electrical power distribution networks (Construction rules)
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