placeholder Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 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 Edited February 28 by Crossy Added the image for a bit of colour. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Interesting read. I'm going to pop this over to Alternative Energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatMeWorry Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Nuclear Power is the fastest way to double U.S. Grid Capacity: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/18/1086753/advanced-nuclear-power/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post placeholder Posted February 28 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 28 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." 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Interesting reading, but not a field I have expertise in. I hope people in positions to make such things happen take note. Edited February 28 by heybruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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