HVDC power transmission: the economics?
…$499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart HVDCs are increasingly important, as we see power transmission capex rising 4x in our roadmap to net zero. HVDC costs and round-trip efficiencies can also…
Power grids: opportunities in the energy transition?
…suppliers? Our overview of how power transmission works is here. Operating data for high voltage transmission cables are here. Leading US transmission and distribution utilities are screened here. Leading companies…
Renewables: how much time to connect to the grid?
…required to fund new power transmission infrastructure, before they are allowed to interconnect, usually costing $100-300/kW, but sometimes costing as much as the renewables projects themselves (data here). If there…
Advanced Conductors: current affairs?
Reconductoring today’s 7M circuit kilometers of transmission lines may help relieve power grid bottlenecks, while avoiding the 10-year ordeal of permitting new lines? Raising voltage may have hidden challenges. But…
Power cables: carrying capacity and loss rates?
…they are also 70% lighter and stronger, which in turn explains why overhead transmission lines will use aluminium cabling instead of copper (full research note on power transmission and minimizing line…
Power beaming: into thin air?
…think microwave transmission could cost less than HVDCs and other transmission lines. Companies involved in power transmission via the microwave spectrum, are noted on page 11. One notable private company…
Energy intensity of fiber optic cables?
…hops, spanning 800km and requires an average of 0.05 Wh/GB/km. Generally, long-distance transmission is 1-2 orders of magnitude more energy efficient than short-distance. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart An optical…
Levelized cost of electricity: stress-testing LCOE?
…economic models calculating the specific levelized costs of onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, gas power, coal power, biomass, RNG, diesel gensets, geothermal, hydrogen, fuel cells, power transmission, batteries,…
US gas pipeline capex over time?
…the most extensive gas pipeline network in the world, moving 100bcfd of natural gas through 200,000 miles of transmission lines. To build this network, the US has spent $14bn pa…
Prysmian E3X: reconductoring technology?
Prysmian E3X technology is a ceramic coating that can be added onto new and pre-existing power transmission cables, improving their thermal emissivity, so they heat up 30% less, have 25%…