substations
Grid voltage converters
Substations are facilities where electrical voltage is transformed for distribution.
Power travels long distances at high voltage, then substations step it down for local use—homes, businesses, factories.
The word also applies to secondary facilities of other kinds: a police substation serves a neighborhood rather than an entire precinct.
The storm knocked out a substation and left thousands without power.
Voltage-altering electrical device
- switchgearCircuit control equipment
- high-voltageCarrying strong electrical current
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- transmissionSending of information
circuit breaker · relay · capacitor · insulator · conductor · voltage regulator · power line · feeder
Framework of intersecting lines
- networkInterconnected system
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
- distribution centerFacility for routing goods
node · hub · interconnection · facility · yard · control room · enclosure · fencing
Needless duplication
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- emergency powerElectricity during main failure
generators · UPS · batteries · contingency · auxiliary · load shedding · restoration · fault tolerance
transformer
Voltage-altering electrical device
- switchgearCircuit control equipment
- high-voltageCarrying strong electrical current
- distributionAllocation across recipients
transmission · circuit breaker · relay · capacitor · insulator · conductor · voltage regulator · power line · feeder · grounding
grid
Framework of intersecting lines
- networkInterconnected system
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- power plantFacility producing electrical energy
distribution center · node · hub · interconnection · facility · yard · control room · enclosure · fencing · foundation
redundancy
Needless duplication
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- failoverAutomatic backup system activation
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
emergency power · generators · UPS · batteries · contingency · auxiliary · load shedding · restoration · fault tolerance · self-healing
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- green energywind power, solar power, renewables, solar farm, solar panel
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
substationspower plants
Facilities producing electricity
power stations · generators · nuclear plants · hydroelectric dams · coal plants
- electrical substationsVoltage conversion facilities