This Might Be The Fastest Way to Double U.S. Grid Capacity

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The U.S.' aging infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with the rapid growth of renewable energy.
IEEE: improvements and replacements to the grid’s 8,000 power-generation units; 600,000 circuit miles of AC transmission lines and 70,000 substations to support increased renewable energy and battery storage could cost $2.5 trillion.
Upgrading existing lines using advanced conductors actually costs less than half what a new power line would cost because it does away with much of the construction spending.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/This-Might-Be-The-Fastest-Way-to-Double-US-Grid-Capacity.html

 

[Crossy]

Interesting read.

I'm going to pop this over to Alternative Energy.

[WhatMeWorry]

Nuclear Power is the fastest way to double U.S. Grid Capacity:

 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/18/1086753/advanced-nuclear-power/

 

 

 

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Just now, WhatMeWorry said:

Nuclear Power is the fastest way to double U.S. Grid Capacity:

 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/18/1086753/advanced-nuclear-power/

The source of the power is utterly irrelevant to that issue of grid capacity. Did you not read that there are already sources in place waiting to hook up to the grid? From the article:

"Last year, a study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory called “Queued Up” revealed that at the end of 2022,  more than 10,000 power plant and energy storage projects (95% were zero-carbon resources) were waiting for permits to connect to the grid. That’s enough additional capacity to double the country’s electricity output, mostly from clean energy."

 

[heybruce]

Interesting reading, but not a field I have expertise in.  I hope people in positions to make such things happen take note.