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This is interesting, because usually I see nationwide grids being touted as MORE resilient, not less. The idea is if power is knocked out in one area, you can s
by notJim 5y ago
This is interesting, because usually I see nationwide grids being touted as MORE resilient, not less. The idea is if power is knocked out in one area, you can still get it from elsewhere. This came up a lot during the Texas situation.
- rthomas6 5y agoTexas is what I would still consider a "nationwide" power grid. I was thinking of something very very decentralized, like individual neighborhoods. It wouldn't completely solve what happened in Texas, but blackouts would be contained to small areas for hopefully shorter amounts of time, as failure in one area would have no effect on other areas, and individual neighborhoods could probably coordinate and conserve power usage as needed better than an entire state.
- godelski 5y agoI think there's a balance. You want a slight surplus in your local area and connected so you can pump it somewhere else when that somewhere else goes down. Though IIRC Texas has far more problems than just not being connected (also far more than just renewables either, which was a big talking point).