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One easy way to boost the grid: upgrade the power lines
2024-01-31 by in Volts - David Roberts' BlogUpgrading power lines — “reconductoring,” in the biz — enables the electricity grid to transmit more power and leak less of it. In this episode, I talk with a CEO and a researcher about the national potential of reconductoring, if balky utilities can be convinced to deploy it.
Tagged under: Electricity | Electricity Grid
Getting more out of the grid we've already built
2023-09-13 by in Volts - David Roberts' BlogThe US desperately needs more electricity transmission, but new lines take forever to permit & build. Happily, there is a set of technologies that can help us get as much as 40-50% more capacity out of the grid we've already built! I discuss these "grid-enhancing technologies" with the head of their trade group.
Tagged under: Electricity | Electricity Grid
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