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Good explainer, thanks for posting. Volts recently interviewed Emilia Chojkiewicz of UC Berkeley (quoted in article) and Jason Huang of TS Conductor. "One eas
by specialist 2y ago
Good explainer, thanks for posting.
Volts recently interviewed Emilia Chojkiewicz of UC Berkeley (quoted in article) and Jason Huang of TS Conductor.
"One easy way to boost the grid: upgrade the power lines" [Jan 31, 2024] https://www.volts.wtf/p/one-easy-way-to-boost-the-grid-upgrade https://www.volts.wtf/p/one-easy-way-to-boost-the-grid-upgra...
Here's a prior episode about "grid enhancing technologies" in general, including reconductoring.
"Getting more out of the grid we've already built" [Sep 13, 2023] https://www.volts.wtf/p/getting-more-out-of-the-grid-weve https://www.volts.wtf/p/getting-more-out-of-the-grid-weve
Grids are a common topic on Volts. Permitting, policy, intransigent utilities, open data standards, biz models, decentralization, virtual power plants, creating a national grid, etc.
A handful of climate crisis / net-zero podcasts like Volts connect and catalyze people, resulting in new startups, legislation, and giving people hope & energy.
Highest recommendation.
Aside:
INTERGRID is my term for our future perfect grid-of-grids. Inspired by the internet, of course. One such effort is (Alphabet) X & AES' Tapestry project https://x.company/projects/tapestry/ https://x.company/projects/tapestry/ .