silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoThe U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down12
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. A rarely used technique to upgrade old power lines could play a big role in fixing one of the largest obstacles facing clean energywww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareperestroika@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-27 months agoCoincidentally, there’s a cheaper way too. :) The ratings of existing power lines can be recalculated on an hourly basis according to outdoor temperature and wind. That however, requires software and agility, which big companies seldom have… and it doesn’t help during a heat wave with no wind, of course.
Coincidentally, there’s a cheaper way too. :)
The ratings of existing power lines can be recalculated on an hourly basis according to outdoor temperature and wind.
That however, requires software and agility, which big companies seldom have… and it doesn’t help during a heat wave with no wind, of course.