Tag: HVDC transmission
Europe Built Hydrogen Infrastructure Instead of the Power Grid It Needed
The most important policy lesson from the 400 km European hydrogen backbone segment with no suppliers and no offtakers—a pipeline from nowhere to nowhere—I wrote about recently is that decarbonization succeeds or fails on demand realism, not technological aspiration. Europe knew, as early as the late 2000s, that deep electrification … [continued]
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Humanoid Robots Labeled Next Big Bubble For Chinese Companies
The Chinese government has made developing humanoid robots a top priority in its latest 5 year plan. Will anyone be able to compete?
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A Second Golden Spike for an Electrified Canada: Using Carney’s Budget to Link the Provinces
Mark Carney’s first budget as Finance Minister quietly provided Canada with the ingredients for something the country has lacked for a century: a truly national electricity backbone. The Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, a 15% refundable credit on new generation, storage, and the transmission of electricity between provinces and territories, … [continued]
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China’s Electric Highways: Awe, Engineering, and the Myths of Invisible Danger
Keith Bradsher’s recent New York Times article on China’s ultra-high-voltage transmission grid is an impressive piece of reporting in scope and ambition. It captures the sheer physical magnitude of what China has built: hundreds of thousands of kilometers of high-voltage corridors, connecting wind, solar, hydro, and coal resources spread across … [continued]
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As Renewables In China Surge, Some Questions Are Raised
A solar farm in Tibet is 7 times larger than Manhattan. It will be even larger when it is completed a few years from now.
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