Understand how EMAGE's Grid 2.0 solution can benefit your project.

Yes — this is proven, in-service technology, not a prototype. EMAGE's Grid 2.0 hardware has been in service since 2016, at voltages up to 1000 kV. The composite-core conductor is deployed on 185,000+ km of line across 1,350+ projects and 300+ utilities worldwide, and the CICA insulated cross-arm is in service on major transmission projects across five continents:

These span 132 kV lattice retrofits through to ±800 kV UHVDC and 1000 kV UHVAC greenfield lines — including the 1000 kV Ximeng–Shengli line. As the Australian face of Shemar Power Engineering, EMAGE can provide the full deployment record and field references on request.

If a transmission project may cross or border your land, you can ask the proponent (the developer or network business) to assess EMAGE Grid 2.0 as part of their design and route options. Practical steps:

• Raise it during the project's community consultation or environmental assessment submission period, pointing to the narrower easement and lower, less intrusive towers that CICA enables.
• Ask the proponent directly whether a compact composite cross-arm option has been assessed for the section near your property — and how it changes easement width and vegetation clearing.
• Contact the EMAGE team; we can provide information and an indicative comparison you can share with the proponent, your neighbours or a community group.

You can also use the calculator above to estimate the land and vegetation difference for a line like the one proposed, then take those figures into the conversation.

Grid 2.0 is EMAGE's next-generation transmission hardware built around two products: the CICA composite insulated cross-arm and an HTLS composite-core conductor. Insulation, mechanical support and durability come from the composite materials themselves, so a single maintenance-free part replaces the conventional arm-plus-insulator assembly and lets you move more power over a narrower, shorter corridor.

Typical uplift is up to roughly 2× on new (greenfield) lines and 3–3.5× on voltage uprates of existing corridors, driven by the higher-rated composite-core conductor and the compact cross-arm geometry. The calculator lets you model your own capacity multiple in the advanced settings — the figures shown are indicative ranges, not a design guarantee.

The compact insulated cross-arm safely brings conductors closer together, typically reducing right-of-way width by around 19–22%. A narrower easement means less land to acquire, less native vegetation cleared, smaller biodiversity offsets, easier environmental permitting and fewer affected landowners.

Yes. Grid 2.0 is applied across three scenarios:

• Greenfield — new lines designed compact from the outset.
• Current uprate — re-conductoring an existing line at the same voltage for more capacity.
• Voltage uprate — lifting an existing corridor to a higher voltage class.

Select your scenario at the top of the calculator to see the relevant comparison.

Hydrophobic composites resist pollution, ice, rain and wind-deflection flashover — cutting the fault and fire-start risk that porcelain and glass insulators are prone to. Because the cross-arm provides insulation and support in one part, the external-insulation failures behind many grid faults are removed at source rather than inspected for.

The composite components are maintenance-free with a design life of over 40 years, meaning far fewer inspections, live-line interventions and planned outages. Combined with less steel per MW, this typically drives operating costs down by around 40% and lowers the true cost per megawatt delivered over the asset life.

Yes. Wind is a primary design driver for conductor swing (blowout), structure loading and required clearances. You can now set a site wind speed in the calculator's advanced settings to sensitivity-test how conditions at your location affect the comparison. Detailed structural verification against the relevant loading standard is carried out during engineering — the calculator figure is for indicative screening only.

They are high-level, order-of-magnitude estimates based on typical transmission parameters and published Grid 2.0 performance ranges. They are intended to illustrate potential value and prioritise a conversation — not to serve as a design, quotation or commitment. Every result should be confirmed by project-specific engineering.

Enter your project details in the calculator and request the results, or book a technical session with the EMAGE team. We can then run a tailored assessment against your actual line parameters, standards and site conditions.