Bendigo's Groundline Engineering develops power cable that could prevent bushfires
A Bendigo-based engineering company plans to create a power cable manufacturing facility in central Victoria for insulated conductors.
Groundline Engineering has collaborated with Swedish cable manufacturing company Amokabel to develop Utopi, an insulated power cable conductor which could help prevent bushfires.
Groundline Engineering director Ian Flatley said the insulation which covers the new power cable could play “a vital part” in helping minimise bushfires.
Utopi features robust insulation which has a higher resistance to abrasion and UV rays, assisting in circumstances where power lines act as the ignition source of bushfires.
