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I would like to see that study.
by maxxxxx 7y ago
I would like to see that study.
- epistasis 7y agoHere's an Ars Technica write up of a study like that, if it's not the one the original poster had in mind: > A new study released Monday looks into what would happen if that limitation were eliminated. It envisions a massive web of high-voltage, direct-current transmission lines, hooked up to 32 nodes spread across the US. This allows a massive spread of renewable power that could be dispatched anywhere in the nation. The result is a grid with dramatically lower carbon emissions and the bonus of lower costs to consumers. https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/making-a-single-us-electrical-system-boosts-renewables-lowers-costs/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/making-a-single-us-e... Of course it's one thing to engineer a carbon- and cost-minimal grid in theory, it's another thing to try to construct a market that could reach that optimum, or get it enacted politically. This HVDC network is something I think of every few months, not only for the idea itself, but for the futility of a really really good idea that has every bit of politics stacked against it.
- gdubs 7y agoHaven’t read it yet, but this looks like it might be it: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2921 https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2921 The WSJ article is an excerpt from a coming book, so I’d imagine the study will be listed in the footnotes.
- southern_cross 7y agoPDF link: http://www.tresamigasllc.com/docs/nclimate2921.pdf http://www.tresamigasllc.com/docs/nclimate2921.pdf