InJanuary2008,asuddendisastercausedbyicingandsnowinghappenedinlargeareasofCentralChinaandSouthChina.TheequipmentsofHunanpowergridwereseriouslydamagedduringtheicingandsnowingdisaster.AnexpertgroupfromChinaElectricPowerResearchInstitute(CEPRI)wasorganizedandwenttoHunanprovinceforfieldinvestigation.Asasummaryofthisinvestigation,thispaperintroducespowerequipmentdamages,suchasflashovercausedbyicing,collapseoftowers,conductorbreakageanddamageofsubstationequipments.Thecountermeasuresadoptedforthisicingandsnowingdisasterarealsosummarized.Theanalysisshowsthattheraremeteorologicalconditionisthemainreasonforlarge-areadamageofHunanpowergrid.IntheicingdisasterofHunanpowergrid,theicethicknessgreatlyexceedsthepermissiblelimitofdesign,thusitisnecessarytoimprovethedesignparametersreasonablytoagainsticingoftransmissionlines,andthedesignofexternalinsulationandtheanti-icingtechnologyforsubstationsarealsoneedtobeenhanced.
