Some Notes on Electricity Transmission and Distribution Practise in Europe with Comments on High-Tension Substations and Switchgear

This paper describes some of the more recent overhead and underground electricity transmission developments in Europe and is intended to convey a general idea of the status of that art in some of the European countries. No attempt has been made to include all the recent high-tension lines in the countries touched upon, but those included are typical of the work being done and the voltages in use. A most interesting part of the paper is a summary and analysis of the recent report of the Weir Commission of England recommending a policy with regard to superpower development in that country. This report covers a programn extending to 1940 and proposes a plan of interconnection and base-load plant construction intended to tie together practically all parts of England.