Why We Need to Build a More Robust Power Grid
It’s not enough to just build renewable power. But just increasing the amount of clean power generation isn’t enough. We also need to be able to transmit the power.
And for various reasons, the existing power grid we have in the US isn’t up for that task. We speak with Rob Gramlich, founder and president of Grid Strategies, about what a modern supergrid would look like and how we can get there.
Bloomberg 18 August 2022
The importance of the grid, and just how much work needs to be done.
Unless the U.S. and other developed countries reinvent their electricity grids, the revolution in clean energy that has given us radically cheaper solar and wind power will be for naught.
Solar panels and wind turbines are coming online at a record pace, and clean energy is getting cheaper and more reliable than ever before.
But clean power sources are often situated far from cities where the most people live. That means new transmission lines are needed. Building them is arduous and expensive, and often faces local opposition.
David Gelles NYT Oct. 31, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/climate/its-all-about-the-grid.html
Texas Grid Is Under Threat as Record Temperatures
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/07/global-air-conditioning-demand-will.html
The unprecedented strain on the electrical grid during December’s frigid storm
was threatening to trigger cascading blackouts across the Eastern US when Duke Energy Corp. called for rolling outages in North Carolina to stabilize the system, company officials said Tuesday.
Duke cut power to about 500,000 homes and businesses the day before Christmas as frigid weather sent demand surging as much as 10% above forecast while instruments froze at coal and natural gas-fired plants, forcing them to cut output.
3 januari 2023
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