Tag: transmission lines
Why HVDC Export Cables Are An Underappreciated Risk In Offshore Wind
An Irish energy client was speaking with governmental contacts recently, and HVDC risk came up. Not the usual high-level question of whether HVDC is needed for long-distance offshore transmission, because that answer is often yes once projects get large and far enough from shore, but the more awkward question of … [continued]
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The Hormuz Shock & The Rise Of The Electrostate
The Strait of Hormuz has always been one of the obvious stress points in the global energy system, a narrow passage through which a large share of internationally traded crude oil, LNG, and fertilizer feedstocks move every day, but most years it has been treated as a geopolitical abstraction rather … [continued]
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Buffering Batteries: The Grid Enhancing Technology No One Calls A GET
Buffering batteries placed near transmission constraints are rarely listed among grid enhancing technologies. The usual list includes advanced conductors, dynamic line rating, and power flow control devices. All of those technologies increase the instantaneous capacity of transmission lines. Batteries do not do that. A battery cannot turn a 500 MW … [continued]
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Unlocking Hidden Capacity in the Grid With Advanced Conductors
Electricity demand is rising as transport, heating, and industry electrify, with additional growth coming from data centers and expanding industrial loads. The transmission network that moves electricity was built over many decades, but expanding it has become increasingly difficult. Building new transmission lines often takes ten to fifteen years once … [continued]
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The Fire Horse Energy Transition & Creative Destruction
Joseph Schumpeter wrote that creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism. He was not describing a gentle process. He was describing waves of innovation that dismantle capital stock, reprice assets, and reorganize entire industries. In the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Fire Horse we have just entered symbolizes … [continued]
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