electricity transmission

ChatGPT generated panoramic photo of a huge steam generation turbine rusting in a field surrounded by a wide variety of rabbits

The Biggest Machine In The World Is Being Rebuilt While It Continues To Run

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark O’Malley, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems at the Imperial College of London and founder of the Global Power System Transformation organization, which was based on the principle of grids moving toward 100% renewables. The grid is the biggest machine in … [continued]

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

ChatGPT generated panoramic line drawing of nitrogen cooled superconducting transmission cables in a mesh over Europe

Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled

A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]

ChatGTP generated panoramic image of a giant engineer standing in the Atlantic, holding a power cable connecting the continents

HVDC Transmission Between Europe & North America Makes Fiscal Sense

As someone who spends a lot of time looking at HVDC electricity interconnectors globally, and holding the position that HVDC is the new pipeline, I’m very pleased with the latest Ember report, Security and efficiency: The case for connecting Europe and North America. Let’s step back. I’m sure many of … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of Europe at night with lines of high powered transmission in a mesh grid as sparking lines

Superconducting Transmission CEO Talks Grids In Brussels

When I was in Brussels recently speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution, Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan’s handbook for Europe’s renewable power grid of the future, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fitzgerald, CEO of Supernode, a startup developing superconducting transmission. … [continued]

Figure 1. Transmission value was relatively high for links that cross between interconnection regions. The three interconnection regions are: the Western Interconnection, including CAISO and much of the Non-Iso West, the Texas Interconnection, including ERCOT, and the Eastern Interconnection including the remaining regions shown. A number of links that cross between different system operators within the same interconnection region also saw relatively high transmission value.

Transmission Value in 2023

Market Data Shows the Value of Transmission Remained High in Certain Locations Despite Overall Low Wholesale Electricity Prices In 2023 additional electricity transmission would have provided the most value for links that crossed between grid interconnection regions in the United States or crossed between system operator regions within the same … [continued]