Systems and methods for grounding power line sections to clear faults

A system for clearing power transmission line faults, comprising:

• a sensor network configured to communicate with a transmission line and configured to detect one or more faults on the transmission line;
• a first grounding switch configured to be disposed at a first end of a section of the transmission line;
• a second grounding switch configured to be disposed at a second end of the section of the transmission line, wherein the first ground switch and the second grounding switch are configured to coordinately switch the first end and the second end of the section of the transmission line to respective termination points;
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• a controller configured to receive information from the sensor network and configured to control the switching of the first grounding switch and the second grounding switch in response to the information.

A system for clearing power transmission line faults, comprising:

• a sensor network configured to communicate with a transmission line and configured to detect one or more faults on the transmission line;
• a crowbar configured to coordinately switch first and second ends of a section of the transmission line to respective termination points, wherein the crowbar includes first and second grounding switches disposed respectively at about the first and second ends of the section of the transmission line;
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• a controller configured to receive information from the sensor network and configured to control the switching of the crowbar in response to the information.