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oa Lightning Research Carried out by Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - Brazil
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 5th International Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, Nov 1997, cp-299-00383
Abstract
This paper presents an overview on the researches and studies that have been carried out by CEMIG since 1970 in its lightning research program, as well as the data obtained so far and some analysis and correlations already performed. Lightning is the major cause of non-schedule outages in CEMIG's power system (67% for the transmission system and 28% for the distribution network).