Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:45:11 +0000
A marvel of modern engineering, Viking Link—the world’s longest onshore and subsea interconnector—began commercial operations in December 2023. The project garners POWER’s inaugural Transmission and
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:26:00 +0000
As the oldest renewable energy resource, hydropower is well-established as a reliable source of dispatchable energy. Yet, it is often overlooked and taken for granted. It’s commonly believed that hydro’s
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:27:23 +0000
High-voltage power transmission systems are more important today than ever before because power generated at renewable energy sites in remote locations must often be transmitted to distant load centers. Several […]
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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:52:39 +0000
How High-Voltage Direct Current Lines Could Better Connect Solar and Wind to the Current Grid Comparing the Routes: HVAC Versus HVDC It is a question on the minds of grid planners throughout the United States: How can we tap into the nation’s best renewable resources at the lowest cost? That … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:34:28 +0000
South America has a lot of sun and a lot of space, and solar energy has grown from a small player to the main driver of generation growth in several countries in the region (making their already clean grids even cleaner). Today we look at the grids of Chile, Brazil, and Colombia, all of which have already made solar a cornerstone of their generation or are working to do so in the near future.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 03:20:57 +0000
New Approach to Transmission Planning Links Renewable Energy Zones to Major Load Centers via Longer, High-Voltage Transmission A new approach … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:47:58 +0000
This question is asked regularly of me these days. After all, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) is the new pipeline, doesn’t … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:11:32 +0000
The Department of Energy (DOE) has initiated a new “enabling” pathway to achieve and sustain a dramatic transformation of the nation’s evolving grid—through its power electronics fabric, with the realization […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Vincent Thornley, EngD| Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:00:33 +0000
The 19th century battle between Nikolai Tesla’s alternating current (AC) and Thomas Edison’s direct current (DC) technologies had an undisputed winner. The vast majority of the world’s transmission and distribution […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:11:41 +0000
European Grid Operator Secures 22 GW of HVDC Projects. European transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will lead a charge to install 11 2-GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems by 2031. A long-term
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